Jaipur:
Veteran BJP leader L K Advani, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday paid rich tributes to former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
Advani, Swaraj and Gadkari visited civil line area residence of the 87-year-old Shekhawat, who died of cardiac arrest in Jaipur on Saturday, to pay him last respect.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot his Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh counterparts Narendra Modi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former BJP chief Rajnath Singh joined them in paying homage to Shekhawat.
Union ministers C P Joshi, Namo Narayan Meena and Mahadev Singh Khandela, NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas, Rajya Sabha MP Najma Heptullah and former Rajasthan CM and BJP General Secretary Vasundhar Raje also paid tributes to the departed leader, who served as CM of Rajasthan thrice.
Later, Shekhawat's body was taken to the party office at Sardar Patel marg, in a procession where scores of party workers paid homage to him.
From party office, the body of the departed leader finally headed for Vidhyadhar nagar, about 15 km from his house, on a military truck, where funeral will take place with full state honours.
Thousands of people lined up on the road along the final procession of "Babo Sa", the rockfeller of Rajasthan Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's, to pay tributes to him.
Despite it being a Sunday and shops closed, people stood on the roads in large numbers to have a last glimpse of the departed leader.
The Congress government in the state has announced to build a memorial after Shekhwat's name there. Jaipur Development Authority has allocated 5600 sq metre of land in Vidhaydhar Nagar area for erecting "Shekhawat smarak (memorial)", the site of the cremation, an official said.
Advani, Swaraj and Gadkari visited civil line area residence of the 87-year-old Shekhawat, who died of cardiac arrest in Jaipur on Saturday, to pay him last respect.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot his Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh counterparts Narendra Modi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former BJP chief Rajnath Singh joined them in paying homage to Shekhawat.
Union ministers C P Joshi, Namo Narayan Meena and Mahadev Singh Khandela, NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas, Rajya Sabha MP Najma Heptullah and former Rajasthan CM and BJP General Secretary Vasundhar Raje also paid tributes to the departed leader, who served as CM of Rajasthan thrice.
Later, Shekhawat's body was taken to the party office at Sardar Patel marg, in a procession where scores of party workers paid homage to him.
From party office, the body of the departed leader finally headed for Vidhyadhar nagar, about 15 km from his house, on a military truck, where funeral will take place with full state honours.
Thousands of people lined up on the road along the final procession of "Babo Sa", the rockfeller of Rajasthan Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's, to pay tributes to him.
Despite it being a Sunday and shops closed, people stood on the roads in large numbers to have a last glimpse of the departed leader.
The Congress government in the state has announced to build a memorial after Shekhwat's name there. Jaipur Development Authority has allocated 5600 sq metre of land in Vidhaydhar Nagar area for erecting "Shekhawat smarak (memorial)", the site of the cremation, an official said.
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