The Late Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant’s body will be brought to the Dehradun airport on Saturday and later cremated in Pithoragarh on the same day. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and various BJP leaders are slated to attend the last rites.
The BJP State media in-charge Devendra Bhasin informed that Pant will be cremated with full state honours at Pithoragarh on Saturday. Along with Union Defence and HRD ministers, the BJP national vice president and State in-charge Shyam Jaju will reach Pithoragarh by special plane. He informed that Pant’s body will first arrive in New Delhi on a special plane from USA. From there it will be brought on a special air-ambulance to the Dehradun airport. Here the body will be kept in the SDRF building for the public to pay homage. Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, BJP State president Ajay Bhatt, various party leaders and members of the public will their last tributes to him here. After that the body will be taken on a special plane to Pithoragarh. The CM, BJP State chief and national joint general secretary (organisation) Shiv Prakash will also go to Pithoragarh. There the body will first be placed at the BJP office for people and party workers to pay their last respects. After that the body will be taken to Pant’s residence in Khatkot area. After some time, the funeral process will start for the Rameshwar Ghat where the body will be cremated. Along with Pant’s family members, Union and State ministers, MPs, MLAs, public representatives and members of the general public will participate in the funeral procession.