Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:00pm on 28 Dec 2024,Saturday India
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was cremated with full state honours at Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat. Leaders across party lines, including PM Modi, paid tribute to the architect of India’s economic liberalisation. Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, led Singh’s final journey from the party headquarters. Foreign dignitaries, including Bhutan’s King and Mauritius’ foreign minister, attended. The Centre allocated space for a memorial after a BJP-Congress spat. A seven-day national mourning period has been declared, with flags at half-mast nationwide. Singh, a two-time PM, was lauded as a visionary economist whose reforms reshaped India’s economic trajectory.
