State Funeral for Late Shri Gopinath Munde On Wednesday
The Government has decided that a State funeral will be accorded to late Shri Gopinath Munde, who passed away today in New Delhi. The funeral will take place at his home town at Village Nathra, Tehsil Parali in the Beed District tomorrow in the afternoon.
The Government has also decided that State mourning will be observed on June 03, 2014 and there will be no official entertainment during this period.
Union Rural Development Minister Munde died of multiple internal injuries & cardiac arrest suffered following a road accident in central Delhi early in the morning.
Mortal remains of the Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Shri Gopinathrao Munde
Are Taken To His Home City . 64-year-old Munde, who made his entry into the Union Cabinet for the first time last week, was on his way to the airport when his Maruti Suzuki SX4 car was hit by a Tata Indica at Prithviraj Road-Tughlak Road intersection in the heart of the capital.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today offered his last respects and heartfelt tribute to his Cabinet colleague Shri Gopinath Munde. He placed a wreath on the mortal remains of the departed leader at the Bharatiya Janata Party Headquarters in New Delhi, in the presence of a large number of Union Ministers, party colleagues, workers, and family members of Shri Munde.
The Prime Minister also met the family members of Shri Gopinath Munde, and offered his condolences on the untimely passing away of Shri Munde.
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi paying tribute to the mortal remains of the Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Shri Gopinathrao Munde, in New Delhi on June 03, 2014.