Parrikar's body reaches Miramar for cremation

March 18, 2019 17:16

Ordinary people in their thousands lined the streets of Panaji to pay their last respects their chief minister. Manohar Parrikar's tricolour-draped body held aloft by the state police personnel has reached Miramar beach where he will be cremated.

The Goa chief minister died Sunday after a prolonged illness.

Parrikar, 63, is being accorded a state funeral with full military honours. People gathered at the BJP office in Panaji to pay last respects to the late leader. A pall of gloom descended on the BJP office and hundreds of Parrikar supporters turned emotional when his mortal remains, wrapped in the tricolour, was brought there. The truck carrying his body travelled 5 km from his private residence in Dona Paula to Panaji, as people tried to catch a glimpse of the popular leader, who rose from the small coastal state to become the country's defence minister.

The mortal remains of Parrikar were brought to the BJP office Monday morning. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who reached Goa late last night, was among those who paid his last respects to his former Union cabinet colleague. Parrikars mortal remains were then taken to the Kala Academy in Panaji where it lay for public homage till around 4 pm, party sources said.

Image: PM Modi tweeted this image, writing, "Paid tributes to my friend Shri Manohar Parrikar. He personified humility, simplicity and compassion. The good work he has done will be remembered for years to come."

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