Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 23

The mortal remains of former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh were today consigned to the flames on the banks of the Ganga at Bansi Ghat in Narora with full state honours.

The last rites were performed by his son, BJP MP Rajveer Singh, accompanied by his son (Kalyan Singh’s grandson) Sandeep Singh, a minister in the Yogi Adityanath government.

Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, UP CM Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chauhan, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and former Union Minister Uma Bharti were among those present. Several UP ministers were part of the funeral procession, along with thousands of supporters and followers.

A prominent Hindutva icon, Kalyan Singh, was the Uttar Pradesh CM when “Kar Sevaks” demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

The UP Government has decided to name the road leading to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple complex in Ayodhya after the prominent Hindutva and OBC leader in view of his contribution to the Ram Mandir movement. One PWD main road each in Ayodhya, Lucknow, Aligarh, Etah, Bulandshahr and Prayagraj will be named after Kalyan Singh.