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Former President Pratibha Patil returns official gifts

Patil had received these gifts/artifacts during her domestic and international trips as President.

Mumbai: The 155 gifts that former President Pratibha Patil had taken in the name of her trust, Vidya Bharati Shaikshanik Mandal in Amravati, while leaving the President’s office, have been returned.

Patil had received these gifts/artifacts during her domestic and international trips as President. An RTI reply submitted by the President Secretariat has informed that these artifacts had been given on loan for display to Patil on a purely temporary basis and now these all artifacts have been collected back by the deputy director (Art), Rashtrapati Bhavan.

However, the secretariat said that it had no information regarding the costs of transportation.

( Source : dc )
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