The Union authorities has determined to make a memorial to former prime minister Manmohan Singh within the nationwide capital, official sources mentioned on Friday, as they accused the Congress of doing politics over the difficulty.
The sources mentioned the choice on the memorial has been conveyed to the Congress, however added that it’s going to take a couple of days to seek out an acceptable venue for constructing a memorial.
“The federal government’s choice to construct a memorial in honour of Manmohan Singh has been conveyed to the Congress. However they’ve engaged in politics over the difficulty,” a authorities supply mentioned.
Singh, who headed the Congress-led UPA authorities and is credited with financial reforms, handed away on Thursday at 92. He was India’s prime minister for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.
The Congress on Friday mentioned that not discovering a location for the cremation and memorial for Singh is a deliberate insult to the nation’s first Sikh prime minister.
The Congress raised the difficulty after the Union house ministry mentioned in a press release that Singh’s final rites will probably be held at New Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat at 11.45 am on Saturday with full state honours.
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