Overview
- President Droupadi Murmu laid floral tributes at Rashtrapati Bhavan before departing for Manipur, as Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted remembrances on X.
- Modi praised Mukherjee as a "towering statesman" and said his intellect and clarity of thought enriched India’s democracy.
- Amit Shah, J. P. Nadda, Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma also shared tributes highlighting his constitutional expertise and cross‑party respect.
- Mukherjee served as India’s 13th President from 2012 to 2017 after a five‑decade career that included five Rajya Sabha terms and two in the Lok Sabha.
- He held the Finance, Defence, Commerce and External Affairs portfolios, authored books on governance, and received honors including the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.