The funeral of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde, who died of a cardiac arrest after a road accident in New Delhi on Tuesday morning, will be held in his hometown of Parli Vaijnath in Beed district of Marathwada region around 4.30 pm on Wednesday.
The body of Munde was flown to Mumbai from New New Delhi by a special aircraft on Tuesday evening. Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete and Munde’s family members accompanied the body to the city from the national capital.
Union Minister for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal and BJP’s Maharashtra in-charge Rajiv Pratap Rudy were among those present at the city airport to receive them.
On its arrival in the city, Munde’s body was taken to his residence at Worli in south-central Mumbai, where it was kept for a couple of hours before it was moved to the BJP’s State headquarters at Narinman Point in south Mumbai at 9 pm. Hundreds of party workers paid their last respects to Munde, at the party headquarters.
Munde’s body will be taken to latur by air on Wednesday morning and from there by road to Parli Vaijnath where the funeral is expected to take place. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra BJP booked a special train to ferry party workers from Mumbai to latur. The train, carrying 12 general compartments, one three-tier AC and three AC coaches, left the Chatrapatin Shivaji Terminus (CST) for latur at 11 pm on Tuesday.