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Veteran Congress leader Pandit Sukh Ram passes away: A walk down memory lane
May 11, 2022 11:32:30 am
1 / 8Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram passed away on Wednesday. He was 94. (Express Archive)
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In the picture, BJP's Prem Kumar Dhumal can be seen with Pandit Sukhram. Sukh Ram was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on May 7, 2022. (Express Archive)
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Sukhram with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Sukh Ram was the Union Minister of State, Communications (Independent Charge) from 1993 to 1996 and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984 and served as a junior minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government. (Express Archive)
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Former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Pandit Sukhram at PGI Chandigarh. In 2011, Sukhram was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for corruption during his tenure as Communications Minister in 1996 (Express Archive)
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President Giani Zail Singh administering the oath of office to Sukhram at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on September 25, 1985. (Express Archive)
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Sukh Ram represented the Mandi Assembly seat from 1963 to 1984. During his tenure as Animal Husbandry minister in Himachal Pradesh, he brought cows from Germany which led to the increase in income of the state farmers. (Express Archive)
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Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, former Malaysian minister of trade (left) with Sukhram, who was then Minister of State for Defence Production and Supplies, in New Delhi on 20th November 1985. (Express archive)
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Pandit Sukh Ram launching Himachal Vikas Party on July 6, 1997 in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Congress veteran became one of the most influential Brahmin leaders of the state. (Express Archive)
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