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This is an archive article published on October 3, 2011

Pranab goes home for Durga Puja

Far from the rough and tumble of politics,Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee left for his ancestral home at Miriti in Birbhum district of West Bengal

Far from the rough and tumble of politics,Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday left for his ancestral home at Miriti in Birbhum district of West Bengal to perform Durga Puja as he has been doing every year. “I extend puja greetings (Saradiya Subhecchha) to all people and wish them well,” a relaxed Mukherjee said while leaving for his ancestral home with his wife. Mukherjee,who makes it a point to be at Miriti village every year to take part in the four-day rituals,said the puja has a ‘social dimension’ too. “I want to avail of this opportunity to be with the people of my area. During puja,I get a chance to meet them and interact with them,” he said.

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