Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday condoled the passing away of V Krishnamurthy, a dilapidated chairman of the country’s most attention-grabbing metal-making firm SAIL, and mentioned he became as soon as a nation builder in the truest sense.
Krishnamurthy, also a dilapidated chairman of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), handed away at the age of 97 in Chennai on Sunday.
”Deeply saddened by the dying of Padma Vibhushan Dr. V Krishnamurthy, a doyen of India’s public sector undertakings,” Gandhi mentioned on Twitter.
Krishnamurthy became as soon as a nation builder in the truest sense and by BHEL, Maruti and Metallic Authority of India (SAIL), his legendary legacy will are living on, the dilapidated Congress chief mentioned.
”My condolences to his family and chums,” Gandhi mentioned.
In a tweet, Congress Classic Secretary Jairam Ramesh, too, condoled Krishnamurthy’s dying.
”An actual legend among public sector managers, a man who constructed BHEL, grew to changed into around SAIL and launched Maruti, will not be any extra. V. Krishnamurthy had a lovely innings but missed his century by lawful three years,” Ramesh mentioned.
”He’ll live an important section of Indian economic history,” the Congress leader added.
Constant with a SAIL assertion, V Krishnamurthy became as soon as the chairman of the firm from 1985 to 1990.
He served as the chairman of many other Public Sector Undertakings, too, SAIL mentioned.