December 14, 2024 10:57 (IST)
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Union minister Gopinath Munde cremated
Beed, June 4 (IBNS) Union Minister Gopinath Pandurangrao Munde, who lost his life on Tuesday due to multiple internal injuries after his car was hit by another vehicle in the national capital, was cremated with full state honours at his native village in Maharashtra's Beed district on Wednesday.
His body were consigned to flames by his eldest daughter and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Pankaja Munde amid chanting by hundreds of his supporters.
The national flag, which was flown half mast on Tuesday in Delhi and capitals of the states and Union territories as a mark of respect for the BJP leader, was flown same way on the day of the funeral at the site.
His body was flown to to Mumbai on Tuesday evening, where BJP workers paid their respects at the BJP headquarters in the city.
His body was taken to Latur and then to his hometown Parli in Beed district of Maharashtra, where the last rites were performed on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement: "The Government has decided that a State funeral will be accorded to late Shri Gopinath Munde, who passed away today in New Delhi. The funeral will take place at his home town at Village Nathra, Tehsil Parali in the Beed District tomorrow in the afternoon."
"The Government has also decided that State mourning will be observed on June 03, 2014 and there will be no official entertainment during this period," it said.
The Maharashtra strongman died in a road accident in New Delhi on Tuesday morning.
The mishap took place at around 6.30 am when he was on his way to the Indira Gandhi International Airport from where he was scheduled to catch a flight to Mumbai.
According to reports, an Indica car hit Munde's Ambassador car when it was moving from Lodhi Road towards the Aurobindo Chowk.
He was rushed to the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was declared dead.
Munde was 64 and is survived by his wife and three daughters.
Political leaders across party lines, including Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday paid their last tributes to Munde at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.
Janata Dal-United national president Sharad Yadav, Biju Janata Dal leader Jay Panda, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule also paid their last respects to Munde.
Senior leaders like LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Anant Kumar, Venkaiah Naidu and Smriti Irani paid their homage to their departed colleague.
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