NEW DELHI: With the BJP criticizing the grand old party leaders for not accompanying former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s family during the immersion of his ashes in the Yamuna, the Congress on Monday said it was to ensure privacy to them.
Congress leader Pawan Khera said the senior leaders did not accompany the family to gather and immerse the ashes of Dr Singh “out of our deference to the privacy of the family”.
He said after the cremation of our beloved departed leader, senior leaders Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the family at their residence here.
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