CHENNAI: The BJP-led Union govt has insulted the family of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by preventing them from performing his last rites at a befitting site, Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin said on Saturday.

Hours before former prime minister Manmohan Singh will be laid to rest, a row has ensued over a memorial for him.

Authorities in India have declared a seven-day mourning period to honor Manmohan Singh as politicians and public paid tributes to the country’s former prime minister widely regarded as the architect o

Rahul Gandhi expressed his discontent over the decision to perform Manmohan Singh’s final rites at Nigambodh Ghat.

On Friday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the phone and requested to have the funeral of Manmohan Singh at a place where his memorial can be built, according to a post by the Indian National Congress on X.

Rahul Gandhi criticized the government's decision to cremate former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat, calling it a disrespect to his legacy. Congress and other leaders demanded a memorial site for Singh's cremation.

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, alongside other senior party leaders, paid their final respects to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi on Saturday,