Commoners from all walks of life as well as the country's top political leaders queued up to pay their last respects to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his 3, Motilal Nehru Marg residence in New Delhi on a cold rainy Friday. Singh, 92, passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) the night before.
The government announced on Friday evening that the former PM would be accorded a state funeral and cremated at the national capital's Nigambodh Ghat at 11.45 am on Saturday.
This triggered a controversy around a memorial for Singh. The Congress expressed its displeasure at the government's "unilateral" announcement, saying it had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Singh be cremated at a place on the banks of the Yamuna where his memorial could be built later. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the government's refusal to find a location for Singh's cremation and memorial was "nothing but a deliberate insult to the first Sikh PM of India". Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal posted on X, "Shocking and unbelievable" and "condemnable", that the Centre declined the request of Singh's family for a memorial.
Draped in the tricolour, Singh's body was brought from AIIMS to the bungalow in Lutyens' Delhi that had been his home after he demitted the PM's office in 2014.
His body lay in a room lined with bookshelves, framed photographs and numerous honours from his illustrious public career.
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