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Skipped ex-PM's ashes immersion to give privacy to his family: Cong
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|December 31, 2024
THE row over former prime minister Manmohan Singh's funeral refuses to die down with the BJP targeting the Congress over its leadership's absence during the immersion of Singh's ashes and Rahul Gandhi's Vietnam trip during the mourning period.
In its pushback, the Congress said its leaders skipped the ceremony to give privacy to Singh's family. In a statement, Congress leader Pawan Khera said after the cremation, Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi met Singh's family at their residence. "It was felt that since the family did not get any privacy at the time of the cremation and some extended family members could not reach the pyre site, it would
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