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Sea of humanity pays respects to Deshmukh, funeral in evening
Wednesday August 15, 2012 05:50:13 PM,
IANS
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Latur: A sea of
humanity poured out on all roads leading to Babhalgaon village in
Latur district where the body of their beloved leader Vilasrao
Deshmukh was brought for people to pay their last respects here
Wednesday.
As a mark of respect to the departed leader, all shops and
businesses remained closed for the second consecutive day
Wednesday and many people observed fast, locals said.
Security arrangements at levels never before seen have been put in
place since Wednesday morning when Deshmukh's body was brought by
a special Indian Air Force aircraft to Latur for the last rites in
his native village.
While thousands lined the route leading to the funeral site, over
half a million people are likely to witness the last rites.
Deshmukh spent his childhood in Babhalgaon, became one of its
youngest sarpanch (village head), and later went on to become
Maharashtra chief minister twice and also a union minister.
He breathed his last in Chennai's Global Hospital Tuesday after a
cardiac arrest following multiple organ failure.
Shortly after it arrived and got stuck in a traffic jam owing to
the huge crowds on the roads, the cortege carrying the coffin was
placed for public 'darshan' at the Dayanand School here.
Even as people filed past the coffin weeping, his sons Amit,
Dheeraj and Reitesh accepted condolences from the host of
dignitaries and VVIPs who have reached Latur for the funeral,
scheduled Wednesday evening.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi,
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Agriculture Minister Sharad
Pawar, Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister
Prithviraj Chavan and his cabinet colleagues are among the
dignitaries expected at the funeral.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, Republican Party of India
chief Ramdas Athavale and other opposition leaders will also pay
their respects to the departed leader.
The state government has organised a state funeral for Deshmukh
and declared a three-day official mourning.
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