Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his respects to Kalyan Singh, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday. Singh, who had been ill for some time, died on Saturday night at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science in Lucknow. He was 89 years old at the time.
Tributes came in for the prominent backward caste politician, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi praising the two-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s “indescribable contribution” to the state’s prosperity and India’s “cultural regeneration.” On Monday, when the former chief minister’s last rituals are performed, Uttar Pradesh has declared three days of mourning and a holiday.
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