Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh received full State Honours during the final rites held at Nigambodh Ghat on Saturday.
Former PM Manmohan Singh Funeral News: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of economic reforms in India, received full State Honours during the final rites held at Nigambodh Ghat.
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Manmohan Singh’s daughter lit his funeral pyre at the crematorium in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, top Congress leaders and other defence officials.
Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur laid a wreath on his body as his family paid their last respects.
Dr Singh embarked on his final journey from the Congress headquarters in the national capital where the party leaders paid homage to the former PM earlier in the day. The procession carrying Singh’s body reached the crematorium at around 11.30 am.
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The flower-bedecked vehicle carrying the mortal remains of Singh left the Congress headquarters in a procession amid chants of “Manmohan Singh Amar Rahe”.
A large number of Congress workers along with hundreds of Manmohan Singh’s admirers walked along as “Jab tak suraj chand rahega, tab tak tera naam rahega” slogans rent the air.
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The mortal remains were taken from his residence to the AICC office at 9 am, where several top Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, paid their last respects.
Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday night at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences due to age-related medical complications. He was 92. Considered the architect of India’s economic reforms, Manmohan Singh served as the 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, the Union Home Ministry announced.
