The mortal remains of former Congress president Sitaram Kesri, who died in New Delhi on Tuesday, were consigned to flames with full state honours.
Santosh Kesri, the veteran leader's grandson lit the funeral pyre at Bansghat on the bank of river Ganga. Earlier, his body was brought to Sadaquat ashram, the Congress state headquarters in Patna, from his ancestral home in Danapur and kept there for two hours to enable people pay their last respects. Several top politicians, including RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar ministers S P Tekriwal, Shivanand Tiwari and Ramchandra Purve, besides Congress leaders Motilal Vora, Mohsina Kidwai, BPCC president Chandan Bagchi, general secretary Premchandra Mishra, former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, attended the funeral. Bihar assembly speaker, Sadadnand Singh and former speaker, Radhanandan Jha were also present. Bureau Report