Leaders throughout the political spectrum on Friday arrived one after the other at 3, Motilal Nehru Place, the residence of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who handed away Thursday night time, to pay their final respects.
From President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Chief Ministers — the guests met the grieving members of the family and provided floral tributes to the reformer and economist who pulled the nation again from the brink of an financial collapse and put it on a path to develop into a regional financial dynamo.
The primary to reach at Dr Singh’s home round 10 am was Modi, who was accompanied by Union House Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief and Union Well being Minister J P Nadda. Nadda had additionally visited AIIMS Thursday night time, which introduced Singh’s demise.
Modi paid floral tributes and left whereas Shah and Nadda stayed longer.
President Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar then arrived and met Singh’s spouse and different members of the family and paid their final respects.
Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi — who had paid a go to to Singh’s residence Thursday late night time — and social gathering’s basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, met Singh’s members of the family and paid their tributes.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was amongst those that paid floral tribute.
Within the afternoon, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Okay Stalin arrived together with a number of key DMK leaders to pay his tribute. After providing his condolences to the household, Stalin left after quarter-hour.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and SP president Akhilesh Yadav additionally paid their final respects to Singh.
RSS Sah Sarkaryavah Alok Kumar laid a wreath. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Basic Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale stated in a press release, “Your entire nation is extraordinarily saddened by the demise of former Prime Minister of Bharat and senior chief of the nation Dr Sardar Manmohan Singh. …Dr Manmohan Singh, regardless of coming from a humble background, adorned the best put up within the nation. Famend economist Dr Singh’s contribution to Bharat will at all times be remembered and cherished.”
Amongst different outstanding Congress leaders who paid their tributes had been Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot, Manish Tewari and Randeep Singh Surjewala.
Aside from the leaders, Congress employees got here from numerous elements of the nation to Singh’s residence to pay their respects.
With the central authorities asserting a seven-day nationwide mourning, Congress basic secretary Okay C Venugopal stated, “At 8 am tomorrow, December 28, his mortal stays shall be taken to the AICC headquarters the place the general public and Congress employees could have the chance to supply their tributes between 8.30 am and 9.30 am.”
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