Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposiion (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid his last respects to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at AICC Headquarters in Delhi.
Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday said that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's last rites should be performed at the same place where his memorial is to be built.
The mortal remains of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were brought to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi from his residence on Saturday.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday expressed deep grief over the passing of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying that he gave the nation a new direction and will always be remembered.
"Today morning, Government received a request to allocate space for a memorial for former Prime Minister Late Dr Manmohan Singh, from the Congress Party President," the MHA said in a statement.
The Congress party on Friday slammed the central government for performing the last rites of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat and said that this is nothing but a "deliberate insult" to the first Sikh PM.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the ongoing terrorist activities of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from across the Afghanistan border, calling them intolerable and a red line, and urged the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to take immediate action against the group, ARY N
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday extended his condolences to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Describing former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh "great son of India," Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged PM Narendra Modi to conduct the last rites of former Finance Minister at a place where a memorial can be built.