Kesri cremated with full honours

Earlier, his body was brought to Sadaquat Ashram, the Congress state headquarters here, from his ancestral home in Danapur and kept there for around two hours to enable people pay their last respects.

Several top politicians including RJD Chief Laloo Prasad Yadav, a host of Bihar ministers S P Tekriwal, Shivanand Tiwari, 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, former Speaker, Radhanandan Jha were also present.

Kesri, afflicted with a fractured leg and breathlessness, was admitted to Rammanohar Lohia hospital on October 12 and six days later shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences where he died on Tuesday night.

His body arrived here by a special plane on Wednesday and taken to his ancestral house in Danapur.