Yogi shows his managerial skill
Soon after the news of the death of former chief minister Kalyan Singh at Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow broke on Saturday night, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s managerial skills were up for display as he was present everywhere along with the mortal remains till they were consigned to flames on the banks of the river Ganga at Narora in Bulandshahr after a pit stop at the Aligarh, the native district of the departed leader.
On receiving the information of Singh’s death at around 9:15 hours on Saturday, Yogi immediately rushed to the SGPGIMS and oversaw every arrangement thereafter. After the mortal remains reached Kalyan Singh’s residence at Mall Avenue, the chief minister was seen giving directions for arrangements and he also inspected Singh’s residence before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning. He deployed the ministers at all the points of the funeral after a cabinet meeting late Saturday night.
Senior minister Swami Prasad Maurya was deployed at Kalyan Singh’s residence while Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna and MSME Minister Siddharth Nath Singh were deployed at Vidhan Bhawan. The responsibility of bringing the body from Singh’s residence to Vidhan Bhawan was entrusted to Dr Mahendra Singh and Ashutosh Tandon. After the Vidhan Bhawan, the mortal remains were kept for the last darshan at the BJP state office where state unit president Swatantra Dev Singh took charge.
The body of Kalyan Singh was taken to Aligarh after people paid their last respects to the leader at the BJP office. UP Sugarcane Minister Suresh Rana’s duty was in Aligarh where the body was kept at Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar Stadium. Transport Minister Ashok Kataria was given responsibility at Singh’s native village Atrauli.
The chief minister, who accompanied the mortal remains to Aligarh, visited Atrauli village on Sunday night. On Monday morning, he received Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other Union ministers and was also present during the cremation.
