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Pioneer.com
Akhilesh Suman | New Delhi
<b>...Political legacy to Deve Gowda, * Trusts Manmohan Singh will find way out ---- Once known as the Young Turk, now an ageing and ailing former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar is keen to see his massive assets and dwindling political legacy pass into proper hands.</b> 

He has offered to will his public assets controlled by various trusts to the nation through Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his political party to former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

"Chandrashekhar has written to the Prime Minister and expressed his desire to submit to the nation his assets that should be supervised and run as public property," said an old and close Chandrashekhar associate.

As the first step, Chandrashekhar has offered to the Central Government a 500-bedded hospital set up by him in his village Ibrahim Patti, in Balia. The hospital is run by Rachnachakra, a trust, he established two decades ago.
 
Sources said the former Prime Minister is also keen to hand over several other trust-run properties to the Government. Among them are: Devashthali Vidyapeeth, Balia; Jai Prakash Narain Trust, Balia; Shahid Samarak Trust, Balia; Bharat Yatra Kendra at Bhondsi in Haryana, Delhi, Mumbai and other places; Yuva Bharat Trust, Delhi; Centre for Applied Politics, Delhi; Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, Delhi.

Chandrashekhar expressed his desire to the Prime Minister through his old associate and political advisor (when he was the Prime Minister) HN Sharma. Sharma told the Pioneer that he had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue on May 19 to convey the wishes of the former PM.

In his proposal, Chandrashekhar suggested that Power Grid Corporation should run the Balia Hospital as a public institution on a no-profit basis. Despite his illness, Chandrasekhar had recently attended a function to mark the start of Power Grid Corporation's operation in Balia.

<b>List of Assets: </b>

* A 500-bedded hospital in village Ibrahim Patti, in Balia
* Devashthali Vidyapeeth, Balia
* Jai Prakash Narain Trust, Balia
* Shahid Smarak Trust, Balia
* Bharat Yatra Kendra at Bhondsi in Haryana, Delhi, Mumbai and other places
* Yuva Bharat Trust, Delhi
* Centre for Applied Politics, Delhi
* Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, Delhi 
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