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Former President A P J Abdul Kalam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the funeral of former President A P J Abdul Kalam in Rameswaram Thursday.
“The Prime Minister is coming,” Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu told reporters at the Palam technical area minutes before his body was flown to Madurai by a special aircraft. Naidu and Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar accompanied the body.
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Some chief ministers, including Kerala’s Oommen Chandy, are also set to attend the funeral.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will attend the funeral along with Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
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