Tributes pour in as veteran journalist K Vikram Rao passes away at 87
veteran journalist
K Vikram Rao
, who passed away at the age of 87, on Monday morning.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath and his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami, former UP Governor Ram Naik, deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, minister Swatantra Dev Singh, BJP state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, SP's senior functionary Shivpal Singh Yadav, Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, and former minister Arvind Singh Gope expressed grief over Rao's demise.
"The demise of senior journalist and National President of
Indian Federation of Working Journalists
(IFWJ), K Vikram Rao, is a profound loss to the world of journalism. I offer my humble tribute. My condolences are with the grieving family. I pray to Shri Ram to grant the departed soul a place at His feet and to give the bereaved family the strength to endure this immense sorrow. Om Shanti," CM Yogi Adityanath posted on X. Born on May 29, 1938, in New Delhi, Rao served as the bureau chief for The Times of India in nine states, including UP, and worked for 15 years at the Voice of America's South Asia Bureau.
He also authored several books. He was a member of the Indian Press Council for six years and was imprisoned in five jails across the country for 13 months during the Emergency.He is survived by his wife, Sudha Rao, two sons, Sudev and Vishwadev, and a daughter, Vinita.His last rites will be performed at Baikunth Dham at 10am on Tuesday.President of UP Working Journalists Union Haseeb Siddiqui, divisional president Shivsharan Singh, and
UP Press Club
president Ravindra Kumar Singh paid tributes to Rao.Former secretary of Indian Federation of Working Journalists Ram Dutt Tripathi expressed deep condolences on the demise of Rao and said that he was a journalist of exceptional organizational and writing skills, and his death was a significant loss to the journalistic community.
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