A massive crowd participated in the last journey of the Shri Poonamchand Yadav, father of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. Prominent ministers of the central and state governments, public representatives, and social workers joined the last journey. People paid floral tributes and prayed to God to grant peace to the departed soul. Social organizations from various forums paid tribute by showering flowers during the final procession.
Poonamchand Yadav’s last journey started at his residence in Geeta Colony. It passed through Sakadia Sultan Temple, Khajoor Wali Masjid, Budhwariya, Nikas Chouraha, Teliwada, Kanthal, Satigate, Chhatri Chowk, Gopal Mandir, Dhaba Road, Badapul, Kartik Fair Ground and reached Bhookhi Mata where the last rites took place on the banks of the Kshipra. His sons Narayan Yadav and Nandlal Yadav performed the last rites.
Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot, who attended the funeral of Poonamchand Yadav, while paying tribute, said that for Late. Yadav, life was work-oriented. Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar said that due to the virtuous life led by Late Yadav, one of his sons is serving eight crore people of the state today.
While paying tribute, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that parents provide shade like a banyan tree. Late Yadav struggled in life to establish his family and had a loving nature. Urban Development and Housing Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said that no one in the world can take the place of parents. Parents are like gods. The departure of such hard-working parents can be unbearable. On this occasion, former Union Minister Dr. Satyanarayan Jatia, Mahidpur MLA Dinesh Jain Bose, Rajaram Yadav, and Ashish Chauhan also paid tribute and prayed to God for peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear the grief.
Those who took part in the last journey of Chief Minister Yadav's father Late Poonamchand Yadav were Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, State Deputy Chief Ministers Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Chandra Deora, State Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Minister Andal Singh Kansana, Minister Chaitanya Kashyap, Minister Ramniwas Rawat, Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Minister Uday Pratap Singh, Minister Karan Singh Verma, Minister Vishwas Sarang, Minister Gautam Tetwal, Minister Narendra Shivaji Patel, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Smt. Krishna Gaur, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Narayan Singh Panwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dilip Jaiswal, Minister of State Dilip Ahirwar, Rajya Sabha MP Balayogi Umeshnath Maharaj, MP VD Sharma, MP Mahendra Singh Solanki, Ujjain MLA Anil Jain Kaluhera, Satish Malviya, Mahesh Parmar, Indore MLA Mahendra Hardiya, Madhu Verma, Golu Shukla, Shajapur MLA Arun Bhimavad, Former Home Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra, Former Minister Arvind Singh Bhadauria, Former Minister Kailash Chawla, Former Minister Paras Jain, Chief Secretary Veera Rana, Director General of Police Sudhir Kumar Saxena, ACS Rajesh Rajoura, Principal Secretary Mohd. Suleman, Principal Secretaries Raghavendra Singh, and Sandeep Yadav, Commissioner Public Relations Sudam Khade, Ujjain Divisional Commissioner Shri Sanjay Gupta, Inspector General of Police Ujjain Santosh Kumar Singh and public representatives, senior administrative officers of the state government and a large number of Ujjain residents.