Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh):Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh, who died on August 21, was cremated with full state honours atthe Bansi Ghat in Bulandshahr'sNarora town on the banks of the Ganga River on Monday afternoon.
Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani, and several other Cabinet ministers were also present at Basi Ghat and paid floral tributes to the deceased. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had remained with the mortal remains of the BJP leader since it was brought from Lucknow on Sunday.
Priests were heard chanting religious hymns while state police officers saluted the mortal remains of late Kalyan Singh. Several thousands of people had gathered to pay their last respects. A continuous sloganeering of 'Jai Shri Ram' was heard during the funeral.