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Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n
The Speaker Made Reference To The Passing Away Of Shri Krishan Kant, … on 29 July, 2002<\/div>\n
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\u00a0LOK   SABHA  <\/p>\n
Monday,   July 29, 2002\/Sravana 7, 1924 (Saka)  <\/p>\n
(MR.   SPAKER in the Chair)  <\/p>\n
\u00a0Title<\/a>:   The Speaker made reference to the passing away of Shri Krishan Kant, the   Vice-President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 27.07.2002.\n<\/p>\n
MR.   SPEAKER<\/a>: \u00a0Hon. Members, it is with   a very heavy heart that I have to inform the House of the sad demise of Shri   Krishan Kant, Vice-President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 27th   July, 2002 in New Delhi at the age of 75, following a massive heart-attack.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Shri Krishan Kant ably held the office of the Vice-President and   Chairman of Rajya Sabha from 1997 till his death.\u00a0\u00a0   As Chairman, Rajya Sabha, his vast experience of Parliamentary   procedure, unruffled temperament and amiable disposition greatly helped him in   guiding the deliberations in that House.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   His unique style of defusing tense moments in the House with his witty   remarks and his sense of fairness and impartiality made him one of the most   distinguished Presiding Officers of Parliament.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Born on 28 February, 1927 in Amritsar, Shri Krishan Kant was educated   at DAV College, Lahore and Banaras Hindu University from where he got his   Masters Degree in Technology.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   He was elected to Banaras Hindu University Students\u2019 Parliament and   was also a member of its Cabinet.\u00a0\u00a0 He   was also Vice-President of Lahore Students\u2019 Congress.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Belonging to a family of freedom fighters, he actively participated in   India\u2019s struggle for freedom and was arrested during the `Quit India   Movement\u2019 and was interned for two years.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   He started his career as a scientist in the Council of Scientific and   Industrial Research, New Delhi before joining politics.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   He was a Member of Rajya Sabha from 1966 to 1977 representing the State   of Haryana and a Member of Sixth Lok Sabha from 1977 to 1979, representing the   Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   He was Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Prevention of   Water Pollution Bill; Chairman, Committee on Railway Reservation and Booking   from 1972 to 1976 and a Member of various other Parliamentary and Consultative   Committees.\u00a0\u00a0 As a Member of   the Parliament, he made significant contributions during discussions on   Foreign Affairs, Defence Policy, Land and Electoral Reforms and Freedom of   Press, etc.  <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   He adorned the office of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to   1997.\u00a0\u00a0 He also held   additional charge of Governor of Tamil Nadu during the year 1996-97.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   There was a unique blend of scientific temper and spirituality in the   personality of Shri Krishan Kant.\u00a0\u00a0 He   was a strong votary of integrating science with spirituality.\u00a0\u00a0   He was a member of Science and Spirituality Committee of the All India Sarva   Seva Sangh.\u00a0\u00a0 He was also   the founder Secretary of the Indian Parliamentary and Scientific Committee and   the Editor of that Committee\u2019s Journal \u201cScience   in Parliament\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 He   was a member of the Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from   1968 to 1974 and of the Executive Committee of the Institute of Defence   Studies and Analyses from 1978 to 1988[R1]\u00a0.\n<\/p>\n
Shri   Krishan Kant had an abiding faith in Gandhian values of simplicity and was a   strong advocate of high ethical standards in public life.\u00a0   He was the founder Secretary of the People\u2019s Union for Civil   Liberties and Democratic Rights in 1976, President, Indian Red Cross (Andhra   Pradesh Branch) during 1990-97 and President, Servants of the People\u2019s   Society since 1991.\u00a0 As a member   of the working group on Land Reforms, Agricultural Commission, he undertook   the work of surplus land distribution to the landless in Rupoli Prakhand in   Purnea district of Bihar. He was the convenor of All India Lala Lajpat Rai   Centenary National Integration\u00a0 Camp   and Punjab Lala Lajpat Rai Centenary Camp.\u00a0   He was also the Chairman, Jury of Jawaharlal Nehru Award for   International Understanding, Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and   Development, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Award for Promotion of Social   Understanding, and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Award for Social Change.\u00a0   He was the Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Appointment of   Chairman of the Press Council of India and Selection Committee for the   appointment of the\u00a0 members of the   Prasar Bharati Board.\u00a0 He was   patron of the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, New   Delhi.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Shri Krishan Kant was very fond of Urdu Poetry, a passion which he   inherited from his upbringing at Lahore.\u00a0   He also contributed articles to prominent dailies and periodicals on   issues relating to national and international politics, electoral reforms,   culture and science.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Shri Krishan Kant represented the Indian Parliament at the meeting of   the Inter-Parliamentary Union held at Dakar, Senegal in 1968 and visited a   number of countries on goodwill missions.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   In the demise of Shri Krishan Kant, we have lost a great   parliamentarian and the country has lost a true Gandhian, a man of great   eminence and scholarly persuasion and one of the most active and charismatic   personalities in Indian public life whose absence would be greatly felt in   Parliament and in the nation as a whole.\u00a0 We deeply mourn the loss of this friend.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   As decided in the Leaders\u2019 Meeting held today, this reference made   from the Chair is also on behalf of the Leaders of all Parties and Groups and   the whole House.\u00a0 The House may   now join me in conveying our heart-felt condolences to the bereaved family.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   The House may now stand in silence for a short while, as a mark of   respect to the memory of the departed soul.\n<\/p>\n
(The   Members then stood in silence for a short while.)  <\/p>\n
MR.   SPEAKER<\/a>:\u00a0 The House\u00a0   stands adjourned to meet tomorrow, the 30th July, 2002 at 11   a.m.  11.08   hrs. The   Lok Sabha then adjourned till Eleven of the Clock  <\/p>\n
on   Tuesday, July 30, 2002\/Sravana 8, 1924 (Saka).\n<\/p>\n
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