Hitting again on the Congress over its allegations of mismanagement on the state funeral of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri mentioned this was not the time to attain “low-cost political photographs”.
Congress leaders, led by Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, have accused the BJP of insulting the previous Prime Minister by organising the cremation ceremony at Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat.
In an interview with NDTV, Union Minister Puri mentioned Mr Gandhi was making an attempt to “combine info with fiction”. He mentioned the day after Dr Singh’s demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to as a cupboard assembly and it was determined that the previous Prime Minister can be given a state funeral of the best order. He mentioned the Union Dwelling Ministry additionally agreed to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s request for a memorial for Dr Singh. “There’s a facility referred to as Ekta Sthal which a closing resting place for 4 former Presidents and three former Prime Ministers. These are former Presidents Giani Zail Singh, Shankar Dayal Sharma, KR Narayanan and R Venkatraman, and former Prime Ministers Chandra Shekhar, IK Gujral and PV Narasimha Rao. This facility has a spot for 9, seven are occupied. However the request that got here from Congress instructed they needed extra, and that request was accepted,” he mentioned.