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Seating arrangement at Manmohan Singh's funeral brought political differences to the fore.

New Delhi: The seating arrangement at Manmohan Singh's state funeral at Nigambodh Ghat saw government leaders and those from the Congress camp seated in two separate parts of the row. While the division could be due to state protocol, it reflects the bitterness between the Congress and the BJP, which intensified on the eve of the funeral over the Congress' demand that Singh be cremated at a place that could be made his memorial. The official side had ministers including defence and home ministers, bureaucrats, army chiefs, etc, led by PM Modi, while the Congress camp had party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, besides members of the Singh family. Interestingly, President Draupadi Murmu, Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla were seated between the two sides.


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