Urn containing Parrikar's ashes kept at BJP HQ in Maharashtra

The ashes of Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who had died on February 17 after battling pancreatic cancer, was brought to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) headquarters in an 'urn' on Sunday. It will be taken to Nashik for final rites on Tuesday.

Mumbai: An urn containing the ashes of former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was brought to the Maharashtra BJP headquarters Sunday evening for people to pay tributes.

Parrikar had died on February 17 in Goa after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

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The urn will be taken to Nashik for final rites on Tuesday, a party statement informed.