<span style="color: #222222;">President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid their last respects to former President Pranab Mukherjee. Later, the Prime Minister in a tweet wrote, Pranab Mukherjee would be remembered by generations for his efforts towards India's progress.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and chiefs of three defence services were among the dignitaries who also paid their last respects to the former President this morning.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, Army Chief Gen M M Naravane, Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh were among others who paid homage to him.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, BJP president J P Nadda, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Harsh Vardhan, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and CPI's D Raja also paid their respects to him.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">         </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Union Cabinet condoled the sad demise of Pranab Mukherjee. The Cabinet also observed silence for two minutes in memory of the Former President. Cabinet resolution said, in his passing away, the country has lost a distinguished leader and an outstanding parliamentarian. </span><br />''