Poonamchand Yadav, father of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, was cremated on Wednesday on the banks of the Kshipra river in the presence of dignitaries, ministers and people. The funeral procession started from the Chief Minister's house and passed through main roads before reaching the river banks in Ujjain. Poonamchand Yadav’s eldest son lit the funeral pyre. Notably. Poonamchand Yadav, 95, died on Tuesday evening following a prolonged illness, officials said.

 

The Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues stood on a truck decorated with flowers that carried the mortal remains of Poonamchand Yadav. Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot, Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar, Union ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jyotiraditya Scindia, Deputy CMs Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla, MP BJP President Vishnu Dutt Sharma and State Cabinet ministers Kailash Vijayvargiya and Tulsi Silawat were present. Rao Uday Pratap Singh along with other minister and bureaucrats were present. Significantly, after his demise, several condolence messages poured in on the social media from the Governors and Chief Ministers of the neighbouring states, his party colleagues, and the leaders from the opposition.