General Bipin Rawat's funeral: Daughters, grandchild pay tribute; slogans of 'Uttarakhand ka heera amar rahe' ring loud

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Daughters of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, Kritika and Tarini, on Friday paid floral tributes to their parents in the national capital, before the funeral procession began on Friday.

The grandchild of the CDS also paid final respect to grandparents.

General Rawat, his wife Madhulika, Brigadier LS Lidder and 10 more defence personnel were killed in the army helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonnor on Wednesday.

Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with other senior leaders such as Rahul Gandhi paid their last respects to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays his last respects to late Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, in New Delhi. PTI

Other political leaders such as Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Harish Singh Rawat, BJP chief JP Nadda and DMK leaders A Raja and Kanimozhi also paid their respects to the Rawat family at their residence at New Delhi's Kamraj Marg.

Before the final procession to Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment, slogans of ‘Jab tak suraj chaand rahega, Bipin ji ka naam rahega’, 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', 'Gen Rawat amar rahe', and 'Uttarakhand ka heera amar rahe' rang out loud in the area.

Rawat's house was open to general public to pay their final respects from 11 am to 12:30 pm, while the slot between 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm was reserved for military personnel.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays his condolences to the family member of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, who passed away in an IAF chopper crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, at his residence in New Delhi. PTI

Brigadier Lidder’s funeral was held at 9 am. All the bodies were to be taken to the army hospital in Dhaula Kuan after the tribute ceremony.

On Thursday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to General Bipin Rawat, his wife, Brig Lidder and 10 more defence personnel at the Palam airbase on Thursday, after their bodies were brought to Delhi in a military aircraft.

The Centre has ordered a 'tri service' inquiry into the accident. The inquiry will be headed by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command.

With inputs from agencies

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