Obituary Message by P.P. Sarsanghchalakji

Shattering all hopes and ignoring all prayers Sri Pramod Mahajan passed away finally. He was waging relentless battle for life for the last 12 days. All his well-wishers, relatives and countless activists across the country used to anxiously look forward to hearing latest information about his condition from the doctors. Information about slightest improvement in his condition used to spiral their hopes sky-high. They used to pray to God for his complete recovery. But God willed otherwise.

It pains our hearts even more when we realize that his nemesis was none else but his own brother whom he nurtured like his own son since the age of 5, educated him, married him off, settled him well and provided everything for his smooth living. Who knows this enmity belonged to which birth!

Anyway, we are faced with the crude fact that Sri Pramod Mahajan is no longer with us, only his fond memories are. An ever-smiling, dynamic, affable leader who made an indelible imprint on the polity of the nation through his organizational skills and political pragmatism today remains only in our memories.

I met him for the first time in Indore during the Tri-Centenary celebrations of the coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji. I noticed his eminent oratorical skills then. Later we met on many occasions. Last time we met was in Nagpur on 24 February at the Guruji Birth Centenary inauguration programme. He came there accompanying Sri Atalji. Sri Atalji came with the prior condition that he would not speak. But when requested to read a poem he consented. Sri Pramodji brought the poem along with him.

I pay my humble homage to the multi-faceted genius Sri Pramodji and pray to God that his immediate family as well as his friends, well-wishers and activists allover be granted necessary strength to bear this huge loss.