As India mourns the sad demise of IAF chopper deaths, several come to pay last respects to Gen Rawat and his wife, bodies kept at their 3 Kamaraj Marg residence for the general public from 11 am to 12:30 pm.
Military attaches of different countries, French & Israel envoys to India, BJP national president JP Nadda, DMK leaders A Raja and Kanimozhi, CM Kejriwal, Congress' senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge and former Defence Minister AK Antony, Religious leaders took to pay tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.
The daughters of the two also got to their 3 Kamaraj Marg residence to pay homage and pay reverence to parents. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Nirmala Sitharaman, Mansukh Mandaviya, Smriti Irani, and Sarbananda Sonowal, NSA Ajit Doval, Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal, Congress' senior leader Harish Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikat and several other notable personalities pay their last respects to the honourable Gen and his wife.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, the three service chiefs - Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari & Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar pay tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife who lost lives in IAF Chopper crash.
An elderly woman got to tears while paying her last respects to CDSGeneralBipinRawat at his residence.
According to ANI, the last rites of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be held today around 5 pm. The last rites of Gen Rawat will be performed with full military honours. The funeral procession will start from Kamraj Marg after 2 PM and reach Brar Square crematorium.
