Kailashpati Mishra - Legacy

Legacy

Veteran BJP leader, former governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan and former finance minister of Bihar, Kailashpati Mishra, passed away on Saturday. He was 90 and was not keeping good health for some time. A number of politicians belonging to different parties condoled his death. His funeral will take place with state honour at Bans Ghat on Sunday evening (4 November 2012).

Expressing his grief, CM Nitish Kumar rushed to Kailash Kunj in Kautilya Nagar in the state capital to pay his last respect to the departed leader. He said with Mishra's death, a chapter of the Indian politics closed. He said Mishra nurtured political workers and he would be remembered for his services to the society for about seven decades. He always held high positions in the Jansangh and the BJP. Despite his poor health, he would take keen interest in the ongoing developments in body politics. His stature was bigger than a governor or a minister, the CM said in his condolence message.

The CM said he was introduced to Mishra's name when he was a student. "We should take inspiration from his life and works," said Nitish Kumar who spent an hour consoling the bereaved family and ordered the DM for arranging state funeral for the departed leader.

Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said Mishra was Ajatshatru of politics and the father figure in BJP. He nurtured the small BJP plant into a big tree and became its most popular leader.

Chairman, Bihar legislative council Awadhesh Narayan Singh, leader of opposition Abdul Bari Siddiqui, road construction minister Nand Kishore Yadav, art and culture minister Sukhda Pandey, cooperative minister Ramadhar Singh, BJP's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad, Radha Mohan Singh, Ram Kripal Yadav, Jagdish Sharma, state BJP chief Dr. C.P. Thakur, state RJD president Ramchandra Purbe, former minister Ramashray Prasad Singh and a number of legislators and other leaders paid their respect to Mishra. BPCC chief Mehboob Ali Kaiser, CLP leader Sadanand Singh and vice-president of Citizens' Council Bhola Prasad Singh also mourned Mishra.