former defence minister George Fernandes Pasess away at 88

Former Defence Minister George Fernandes passed away on Tuesday, 29 January, at the age of 88, family sources confirmed to Yuvaspeak.com.

According to media reports, Fernandes was suffering from swine flu in the last few days. Fernandes was also suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for a long time.

He had served as the defence minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 1998 and 2004. His last stint as a parliamentarian was as a Rajya Sabha MP between August 2009 and July 2010.

Remembering Fernandes as the anti-emergency crusader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “He resisted the Emergency tooth and nail. His simplicity and humility were noteworthy. My thoughts are with his family, friends and lakhs of people grieving. May his soul rest in peace.”

Many other politicians have also shared their condolencec for former Atal Bihari minister late Shri Fernandes

Shashi Tharoor said :
“I spent one evening with George Fernandes in NY & was hugely impressed by his ideals, decency& integrity. The fiery trade unionist of my childhood had mellowed into the statesman& effective Minister. His passing away at 88 marks the end of an era. RIP”

Rahul Gandhi said :

I’m sorry to hear about the passing away of former Parliamentarian & Union Minister, George Fernandes Ji , My condolences to his family and friends in this time of grief.

We also at yuvaspeak.com give our heartfelt condolences to one of the real rebel of Indian politics who for whole of his life fought hard for the up-liftment of worker class.