Manmohan Singh’s Mortal Remains Kept At Delhi House; Centre announces 7-day national mourning

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, December 27, 2024: The body of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached his residence late Thursday night from AIIMS and would be placed for the public to pay their last respects.

The 92-year-old former two-time prime minster died on Thursday night at AIIMS, where he was rushed in the late evening.

The Union government has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, officials said here.

They said the Cabinet will meet at 11 am on Friday to pay tributes to him.

Singh’s last rites will be conducted with full state honours, the officials added.

The body of the former prime minister was embalmed by doctors at AIIMS.

Singh was admitted in the Emergency ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences around 8.30 PM in a critical condition.

An AIIMS bulletin said "he (Singh) was treated for age related medical conditions and had sudden loss of consciousness at home" on December 26.

"Resuscitative measures were started immediately at home. He was brought to medical emergency at AIIMS Delhi at 8.06 pm. Despite all efforts, he could not be revived and was declared dead at 9.51 pm," the bulletin said.

Described as a reluctant politician and an accidental prime minister, Singh, who headed the Congress-led UPA government for two terms from 2004 to 2014, had been in poor health for the last few months. He is survived by his wife Gursharan Kaur, a history professor, and three daughters.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her mother Sonia Gandhi reached the hospital as soon as the news of his hospitalisation became known.

Government sources said a seven-day national mourning will be observed and that Singh’s last rites will be conducted with full state honours.