bigjackpot88 Manmohan Singh's Last Rites: Eldest Daughter Lits Funeral Pyre; Full State Honours Accorded

State funeral of former PM Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat on December 28, 2024. Photo: PTI State funeral of former PM Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat on December 28, 2024. Photo: PTI

The mortal remains of former prime minister Manmohan Singh were cremated at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Saturday amid the chanting of religious hymns. The funeral pyre was lit by his eldest daughter Upinder Singh.

Singh was accorded with full state honours ahead of the cremation.

The final journey of former prime minister Manmohan Singh began in Congress headquarters and ended at Nigambodh Ghat where President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his cabinet ministers paid their last respects to the architect of India's economic reforms.

Singh body was taken to the Congress headquarters in New Delhi earlier this morning in a flower-bedecked vehicle where the senior Congress leaders along with the wife and kin of the former PM paid their last respects.

The Centre has assured Singh's family and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge that the government will allocate space for a memorial later.

The issue over the funeral taking place at the crematorium in New Delhi raised discontent among Congress leaders as they asked for Centre to lay Singh to rest at a place where a memorial could be built. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh even called it a 'deliberate insult' to the first Sikh prime minister of India.

Dr. Manmohan Singh breathed his last on the night of December 26, 2024 after he was rushed in AIIMS Delhi in critical health condition. He is survived by his wife Gursharan Kaur and three daughters.

He was India's prime minister for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.

A seven-day national mourning is being observed throughout the country as a mark of respect to the former prime minister during which the national flag will be flown at half-mast across the nation

PM Modi And Other Dignitaries Pay Last Respect To Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath on mortal remains of former PM Manmohan Singh before his last rites at Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar were also present.

Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck came to India to bid final goodbye to Singh.

Former PM Manmohan Singh's Final Journey To Crematorium Site

The final journey of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began from the AICC headquarters on Saturday morning after Congress leaders paid homage to their departed leader.

The flower-bedecked vehicle carrying the mortal remains of Singh left the Congress headquarters in a procession amid chants of "Manmohan Singh Amar Rahe".

The procession carrying Singh's mortal remains reached the crematorium at around 11.30 am, where the last rites will be performed shortly.

Draped in the Tricolour, the flower-bedecked casket was placed at a raised platform, where leaders cutting across party lines laid wreaths on Singh's mortal remains.

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The national flag was flying half-mast today in all Indian missions and high commissions abroad.

VIDEO | Former PM Manmohan Singh's mortal remains being taken to Nigambodh Ghat. Visuals from Delhi's ITO. (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvrpG7) pic.twitter.com/D2OZ3oIY9K

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 28, 2024 Congress Leaders Bid Final Goodbye To Manmohan Singh

Former PM Manmohan Singh's mortal remains reached AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday morning.

Paying last respects to the late revered leader, Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge laid the party flag on his mortal remains.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were also present there are paid their last respects.

Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur and their relatives also reached AICC HQ later and laid a wreath on his body to pay their last respects.

VIDEO | #Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi laid the party flag over the mortal remains of late former PM #ManmohanSingh as she paid her last respects at party headquarters. (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvrpG7) pic.twitter.com/fIu0Fl1HNY

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 28, 2024 MHA To Allot Memorial Space For Former PM

In a late-night release titled "Facts of the matter regarding memorial for Former Prime Minister Late Dr Manmohan Singh", the ministry said the government received a request to allocate space for a memorial for Singh from the Congress chief.

Immediately after the Cabinet meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah communicated to Kharge and the family of Manmohan Singh that the government would allocate space for the memorial.

In the meanwhile, cremation and other formalities can happen because a Trust has to be formed and space has to be allocated to it, the home ministry said.

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