Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and UP Governor Anandiben Patel were among the many who bid adieu to Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon, whose mortal remains were consigned to flames at the Gulala Ghat here on Tuesday evening.
Tandon had breathed his last on Tuesday morning at the Medanta hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 85.
The last rites of the veteran leader were performed with full state honors.
Earlier, thousands of his friends and well-wishers had turned up at his Sondhi Tola residence to pay their tributes to the leader.
Despite a request from the family to maintain safety protocols amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a large number of his supporters were present at the cremation ground.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tributes to the mortal remains of Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon, at his residence in Lucknow, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Tandon, 85, passed away at a hospital Tuesday morning. |
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lays a wreath during the last rites of Madhya Pradesh Governor Late Lalji Tondon in Lucknow in Tuesday. | ANI
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel lays a wreath during the last rites of Madhya Pradesh Governor Late Lalji Tondon in Lucknow in Tuesday. | ANI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lays a wreath during the last rites of Madhya Pradesh Governor Late Lalji Tondon in Lucknow in Tuesday. | ANI
