Last rites of UP Ex-CM Kalyan Singh to be performed today in Bulandshahr, Amit Shah can also be present

LUCKNOW: The last rites of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh will be performed today afternoon at Ganga Ghat in Naraora in Bulandshahar district. Many leaders, Ministers and Chief Ministers are expected to reach at the cremation ground.

Last rites of UP Ex-CM Kalyan Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, paid floral tributes to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, who left to heavenly abode on Saturday night at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) here.

The veteran leader headed the first-ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 1991 and was the chief minister when the Babri mosque was demolished in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. Paying tribute to the senior politician, Uttar Pradesh BJP also shared an old clip where Singh is seen pledging his allegiance to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

"Kalyan Singh Ji made Jan Kalyan his life Mantra. He worked for the development of UP and the nation. He became synonymous with honesty and good administration," Says PM Modi as he pays his last respects.

UP government has declared a holiday in the state as a mark of respect for the departed leader. Allahabad High Court and it's Lucknow bench is also closed today on account of the demise of Ex UP CM and Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh.

Mortal remains of former CM brought from Lucknow to Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar Stadium in Aligarh yesterday for people to pay their last respects. Singh has been chief minister of UP two times and governor of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. He had also represented Bulandshahar and Etah in Parliament.

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