Congress doing politics over death of Manmohan Singh, says Kishan Reddy

Union Coal Minister and State BJP President G Kishan Reddy criticised Congress party for politicising the funeral of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Kishan Reddy said the Congress party, which failed to give genuine respect to Singh during his tenure, was now using his name for political gains. “Congress is using Manmohan Singh’s funeral for political gains,”he said.

Coming down heavily on Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, the senior BJP leader accused Rahul Gandhi of doing politics over the death of Singh. “Rahul Gandhi’s act of publicly tearing up an ordinance remains an unprecedented instance of



disrespect towards a sitting Prime Minister (Singh). Sonia Gandhi is responsible for all corruptions that took place during the UPA government and Singh ,”he reminded.

After the death of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao in 2004, a demand was made to develop his Samadhi Sthal at Rajghat in Delhi, but Sonia Gandhi turned it down, he said, adding that Narasimha’s body was not given space in the Congress office. “Congress did not want PV’s last rites performed in Delhi. Later, his last rites were done in Hyderabad,”he reminded.

Similarly, when former President Pranab Mukherjee passed away in 2020, the Congress Working Committee did not call a condolence meeting, he alleged.