Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee is ‘slowing responding’ to the medical interventions, his son Abhijit Mukherjee said on Thursday, calling his father a fighter.
In a tweet, Abhijit urged well-wisher to pray for his father's speedy recovery.
“My father is & has always been a fighter! He is slowly responding to medical interventions & all his vital parameters are stable. I urge upon every well-wisher to pray for my father's speedy recovery! We need them,” he said in a tweet.
Earlier in the day, Abhijit alleged that fake news is being circulated by reputed journalists on social media regarding his father's death.
“My Father Shri Pranab Mukherjee is still alive & haemodynamically stable! Speculations & fake news being circulated by reputed Journalists on social media clearly reflects that Media in India has become a factory of Fake News,” Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted.
On August 10, Mukherjee underwent life-saving emergency surgery for a brain clot. He was also tested positive for Covid-19.
He is known as a trusted friend of Bangladesh since 1971 when as a young MP he stood up at the Indian parliament and urged all to support the cause of Bangladesh in the war against Pakistan.