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Pranab Mukherjee: Leaving the Rashtrapati Bhawan on a plume of

The late Indira Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee shared an unspoken bond - not just metaphorically but literally.

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The late Indira Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee shared an unspoken bond - not just metaphorically but literally.

The story goes that it was difficult, rather impossible, for any outsider to extract any information he did not want to reveal.

"Even Mrs Gandhi would say, 'No matter how hard one tries, they can never get a word out of Pranab. All they will see is the smoke coming out of his pipe.'," laughed journalist and long-time friend Jayanta Ghoshal, who has known Mukherjee since 1985, as he remembered the immense faith between the prime minister and her finance minister.

As the 13th president of India leaves the Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow, making way for his successor Ram Nath Kovind, old friends recalled with fondness the many anecdotes that marked his long career in politics.

Mukherjee is said to have had loved his pipes, even after he quit smoking years ago.

"He never smoked cigarettes, only the pipe. After he was asked to quit smoking for health issues, he wouldn't smoke but would keep the pipe in his mouth, without any nicotine, and chew the stem of pipe, just to get the feel of it," Ghoshal told

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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