Pune, July 15: Top political leaders including Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and several Union ministers are expected to arrive here to attend the funeral of the former RSS chief Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiyya here today Other leaders including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K Sudarshan, VHP leaders Praveen Togadia, Vishnu Hari Dalmia and several others are also expected to attend the funeral.

The body of the former sarsanghachalak is being kept at Navin Marathi School in Shanivarpeth for the citizens to pay their tributes. A large number of people have gathered there.


The funeral procession will begin at 5 pm and reach Vaikunt Crematorium en route Shindepar Chowk, Mankeshwar Vishnu Chowk, Umbarya Ganapati Chowk, Laxmi Road, Alka Talkies Chowk and Lal Bahadur Shastri Chowk, RSS sources said.
Singh has been living in the Kaushik Ashram ever since he stepped down from the post of sarsanghachalak in the year 2000. He is the second RSS chief to die in Pune.

His predecessor Balasaheb Deoras also passed away in the same ashram. However, Deoras was cremated at Nagpur, the headquarter of RSS.
Bureau Report