New Delhi:
Several top dignitaries paid tributes to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a prayer meet organised in his memory at Gurudwara Rakab Ganj here.
Among the top leaders who attended the prayer meeting (Kirtan and Antim Ardas) included Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Former SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur, Leader of Opposition in Punjab assembly Pratap Bajwa and former deputy chairperson of the then Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia also attended the prayer.
Others who attended the ceremony included Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera, former Union ministers Salman Khurshid and Ajay Maken, and Sukhjinder Randhawa. BJP’s Praneet Kaur and Manjinder Singh Sirsa were also present.
Earlier, former vice-president Hamid Ansari, Sonia Gandhi and Kharge were among the dignitaries who attended the ‘Akhand Path’ at the ex-prime minister’s residence on Friday.
Former prime minister’s wife, Gursharan Kaur sang a ‘shabad (verse)’ from the Sikh holy scriptures during the ‘Akhand path (continuous recitation of Guru Granth Sahib)’ at his residence.
Dr Singh steered the country as prime minister from 2004 to 2014 and was considered the architect of India’s economic liberalisation and reforms.
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