Rajya Sabha on Friday paid tributes to former Union Residence Minister Shivraj Patil, who handed away this morning, with Chairman CP Radhakrishnan saying that the nation has misplaced a revered parliamentarian and an ready administrator.
Patil served as a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing the state of Maharashtra, from 2004 to 2010. “I refer, with profound sorrow, to the passing away of Shivraj Patil Ji, a former member of this home who handed away as we speak, the twelfth of December 2025, on the age of 90 years,” Radhakrishnan stated throughout the Zero Hour proceedings within the morning.
The veteran Congressman and former Union Residence Minister handed away at his dwelling city Latur in Maharashtra on Friday morning after a short sickness. Members noticed silence for 2 minutes as a mark of respect to the reminiscence of the departed.
“The nation has misplaced an skilled statesman, an ready administrator and a revered parliamentarian. We deeply mourn the passing away of Shri Shivraj Patilji,” Radhakrishnan stated.
“Born on October 12, 1935, Patil Ji was an eminent public determine who held a number of essential constitutional and parliamentary positions throughout his lengthy and distinguished profession. He served because the tenth speaker of Lok Sabha and later because the Union Minister of Residence Affairs,” he added.
Patil additionally served because the governor of Punjab and the administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
“A dignified and soft-spoken statesman, Patilji was broadly revered for his deep understanding of parliamentary process, his unwavering dedication to democratic values and his calm and measured strategy to public life. His contributions to the proceedings of this home and to the nation’s governance stay noteworthy,” the RS Chairman stated.
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