Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh laid to rest with full state honours at Nigam Bodh Ghat

New Delhi: The mortal remains of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh were consigned to flames with full state honours at Nigam Bodh Ghat in New Delhi on Saturday. Sikh priests and family members of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh recited verses from Gurbani before the last rites. The funeral pyre was lit by his eldest daughter, Upinder Singh. After the ceremonial guard of honour, President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Jagat Prakash Nadda, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today paid their last respects to the former Prime Minister at Nigam Bodh Ghat.

Additionally, several leaders from the Congress party, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi, offered their tributes. Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and Foreign Minister of Mauritius Dhananjay Ramful also paid tributes to Dr Manmohan Singh.

The final journey of the former Prime Minister commenced from Congress Headquarters to the cremation ground at Nigam Bodh Ghat. Earlier, the mortal remains of Dr Manmohan Singh were brought from his residence to Congress Headquarters in Delhi for the public and party workers to offer their tributes. Dr. Manmohan Singh died on December 26th at AIIMS, New Delhi, at the age of 92.