Bipin Rawat Funeral Live News: Home Minister Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to CDS Bipin Rawat
Gen Bipin Rawat Last Rites Live Updates: The Army said the mortal remains of only three persons — General Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and Brigadier Lidder — had been positively identified so far.
CDS Bipin Rawat Funeral Updates: Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and others paid tribute to the mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the nation’s most senior military officer who was killed, along with his wife and 11 armed forces personnel, in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, at his residence in Delhi on Friday. General Rawat will be cremated with full military honours.
Several political leaders like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Harish Singh Rawat, BJP chief JP Nadda and DMK leaders A Raja and Kanimozhi, among others, paid their last respects to the CDS and his wife Madhulika Rawat.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar on Friday laid wreaths on the mortal remains of Brigadier Lidder, the only other person to have been positively identified besides Gen Rawat and his wife, at the Brar Square in Delhi cantonment. He was later laid to rest with full military honours.