CHENNAI: The BJP-led Union govt has insulted the family of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by preventing them from performing his last rites at a befitting site, Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin said on Saturday.

Only Doordarshan cameras allowed inside at funeral, with footage showing mostly BJP leaders. Congress lambasts govt, police officer cites security for dignitaries, family's concerns.

Hours before former prime minister Manmohan Singh will be laid to rest, a row has ensued over a memorial for him.

The Congress on Saturday claimed that the state funeral of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, organised by the central government, was a “shocking display of disrespect and mismanagement”. The BJP,

On Friday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the phone and requested to have the funeral of Manmohan Singh at a place where his memorial can be built, according to a post by the Indian National Congress on X.

The BJP on Saturday accused the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi of "indulging in politics" over the funeral of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and alleged that the party has "insulted" its own leaders,

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, alongside other senior party leaders, paid their final respects to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi on Saturday,