Tributes were paid to former party national general secretary Mohan Singh in Samajwadi Party office here on Monday where his body was kept for Rs darshan’ for the workers to pay their last respect to the departed soul.
Mohan Singh, who was also Rajya Sabha MP, passed away after a prolonged illness at AIIMS in New Delhi on Sunday. His body was brought here this morning.
SP leaders including general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and minister Azam Khan, MP from Allahabad Reoti Raman Singh and other senior leaders and workers paid glowing tributes to Mohan Singh.
"His death is a great loss for the party. He was a visionary who worked for the uplift of poor and downtrodden," Ramgopal Yadav told reporters. The body of Singh was later taken to his native place Deoria. His mortal remains would be consigned to flames at Jai Nagar village on Tuesday.
Mohan Singh had won lok Sabha election twice and for the same number he was member of Rajya Sabha. He was also minister in 1977 Janta Party Government.