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NEW DELHI: Almost a month after govt offered space at Rashtriya Smriti in Rajghat complex for former PM Manmohan Singh's memorial, it's waiting for a response from his family. Sources said govt will give Rs 25 lakh for construction of memorial, once a trust is formed for the purpose. TOI on Jan 16 had reported that the housing and urban affairs ministry earmarked 1.
5 acre for the memorial, adjacent to the site decided for the samadhi of former President Pranab Mukherjee. The Rashtriya Smriti was developed along Yamuna bank as a common zone for last rites and memorials of Presidents, V-Ps, PMs and former Presidents, ex-VPs and former PMs. At present, there are memorials of seven leaders, including former PMs Atal Bihari Vajpayee, P V Narasimha Rao, and I K Gujral.
The remaining two sites have been earmarked for Singh and Mukherjee. Sources said that had the govt performed last rites of the former PM at Smriti Sthal as per the approval of Cabinet on May 16, 2013, there would have been no controversy. TNN.
