The mortal remains of Rakesh Siddaramaiah, son of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was laid to rest at his form house in Katur village near Mysuru on Monday with thousands of people paying their tributes to the departed soul.
The body of 39-year-old Rakesh, who died of multi-organ failure at Antwerp University Hospital in Brussels, in Belgium on Saturday, was bought to Mysuru, his home town by a special aircraft on Monday morning. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his family members and others accompanied the body to Mysuru from Brussels.
Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala and senior leaders from various parties, including Mallikarjuna Kharge, Digvijay Singh, S.M. Krishna, M. Veerappa Moily, Kagodu Thimmappa, K.H. Muniyappa, B.S. Yeddyurappa, D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Jagadish Shettar, H.D. Kumaraswamy and former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and many others paid their last respect.
Rakesh, the elder son of Siddaramaiah, who was all set to enter electoral politics from Varuna constituency in Mysuru, now represented by Siddaramaiah, was expected to be his heir.
The body, accompanied by Home Minister G. Parameshwara and Minister in-charge of Mysuru District H.C. Mahadevappa, was brought to the venue around 12.40 p.m. in a special funeral vehicle, where thousands of people paid their last respect to the departed soul.
As the leaders paid floral tributes, an evidently grief stricken Siddaramaiah stood next to the body. According to his close aides Siddaramaiah was attached to Rakesh and wanted him to make it big in politics. He broke down when top political leaders consoled him.