Ex-PM PV Narasimha Rao’s OSD Ram Khandekar passes away at 87
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After battling a prolonged illness, Ram Khandekar, who worked as Officer on Special Duty to the former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, passed away at his Laxminagar residence in Nagpur early Wednesday morning. He was 87.He is survived by his son, Mukul, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. The family said his last rites were performed at Amazhari crematorium at 10 am.
A distinguished bureaucrat, Khandekar worked as the personal secretary to former Maharashtra chief minister and former defense minister YB Chavan. Later, he was engaged by then Union minister, PV Narasimha Rao, to manage his LokSabha constituency of Ramtek in Nagpur district in 1985. In 1991, when Rao became the Prime Minister of the country, Khandekar was inducted into the core committee of the Prime Minister’s Office and was appointed as his OSD. He was considered Rao’s closest confidante and worked with the former prime minister till the latter’s death.
