George Fernandes, Anti-Emergency Crusader and Former Defence Minister, Passes Away at 88

[Spartan]

Former defence minister and anti-Emergency crusader George Fernandes passed away aged 88 on Tuesday.

Fernandes, who served as the defence minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpyee between 1998 and 2004, had been crippled by illness and had withdrawn from public life. His last stint as a parliamentarian was as Rajya Sabha MP between August 2009 and July 2010.

A native of Mangaluru, George Fernandes was the founder of the Samata Party. He rose to fame as an anti-Emergency crusader and civil rights activists and served as a Union Minister in the Janata Party government headed by Morarji Desai that came to power in 1977 to 1980.
 

Fernandes stepped down as the Defence Minister in 2004 after ‘coffin gate’ broke out. He was later absolved by two commissions of inquiry.

[Android_Halwa]

Poster boy of anti-emergency ...was a tough guy once..! 

[Prince_Fan]

India oka manchi nayakudni kolpoyindi

[Spartan]

4 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Poster boy of anti-emergency ...was a tough guy once..! 

Remember for his Kargil  war tenure.

[Android_Halwa]

1 hour ago, Spartan said:

Remember for his Kargil  war tenure.

Basically kaka labor unions and trade unions la manchi pattu vunna manishi...Emergency apudu Goethe Fernandez photo vuntadi, raiding hand with fist closed, which became very popular...

Konkan son of the soil...

[Android_Halwa]

[Anta Assamey]

RIP

[MiryalgudaMaruthiRao]

33 minutes ago, Anta Assamey said:

RIP