Raipurians bid adieu to VC

RPN Singh, CM Raman Singh, speaker Dharamlal Kaushik, PWD minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Vora, Hariprasada, Kidwai, Diggi, Mahant, Choubey, and others attend his funeral

Raipur, June 12, 2013

The mortal remains of former union minister and veteran Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla was finally cremated at his farm house cum residence Radheshyam Bhawan on Wednesday. 

The final rituals of Shukla’s cremation were performed by his grandson Vinayak Pandey in presence of union minister of state for home department RPN Singh, CM Raman Singh, Vidhan Sabha speaker Dharamlal Kaushik, PWD minister Brijmohan Agrawal, AICC treasurer Motilal Vora, Chhattisgarh Congress incharge BK Hariprasada, AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, acting PCC chief Charandas Mahant, CLP leader Ravindra Choubey, Mirza Irshad Baig and Suresh Pachouri. Despite heavy showers, large number of Congress workers, BJPians, representatives of several political parties, Raipurians and people from different parts of state were also present on the occasion. 

Shukla’s body was brought to Raipur from New Delhi at night on June 11 via special chartered plane. His body was then kept in his Budhapara-based residence Shukla Bhawan. On Tuesday morning, several Congress leaders, party workers and his supporters reached Shukla Bhawan and paid him tribute.

Later, his body was brought to Congress Bhawan for darshan at about 10 am. Massive crowd thronged Congress Bhawan to pay tribute to the veteran leader who had received bullet injuries during naxal attack on Congress parivartan yatra at Jiram valley in Darbha region on May 25 but eventually succumbed after struggling for life for 16 days.