Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu who died in a chopper crash near Tawang will be given a state funeral. His last rites will be performed at his native place Tawang tomorrow. A Home Ministry statement in New Delhi said, all Central government offices in the state will remain closed tomorrow. The national flag will fly at half mast today and tomorrow in Arunachal Pradesh and in all states and UT capitals, including Delhi. The Arunachal government has announced a seven days state mourning beginning today as a mark of respect to Dorjee Khandu.The Assam Government has declared a three-day State mourning and Rajasthan government a two day state mourning in the honor Dorjee Khandu.The mortal remains of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu was brought to Itanagar from the crash site near Lugutang in an IAF helicopter this afternoon. The body is now kept at the Chief Minister’s Bungalow and will be flown to Tawang tomorrow.The President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari and the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh have condoled the death of Dorjee Khandu.BJP today condoled the tragic and untimely death of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and his colleagues in a chopper crash. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, the party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said that the incident is the wake – up call for the government to act immediately and start total revamp of the Pawan Hans services. He said that BJP also demands immediate phasing out of old helicopters and replace it with new ones. In a resolution adopted at an emergency meeting in New Delhi today, Union Cabinet placed on record the services of the great son of the soil. The resolution says through several new initiatives Khandu helped establish synergy between the schemes of the State and the Central government. It said, his pro-active steps for expeditious implementation of the Prime Minister's package and construction of trans-Arunachal highways, helped a great deal in timely completion of these projects.The Prime Minister and the Congress chief will go to Itanagar tomorrow to pay their last respects to the 56-year-old Arunachal leader.
News On AIR | May 5, 2011 7:44 PM
Khandu’s last rites to be performed at Tawang on Friday