PM Modi to pay last respects to Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh today: Sources

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay his final tributes to Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh on Wednesday, according to sources.

"PM Modi will reach Chandigarh at 12 noon to pay final tributes to Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal," sources said.

His last rites will be performed at 1 pm in the ancestral village Badal tomorrow.

"With profound grief, we inform you abt the demise of 5-time CM & SAD patron S Parkash Singh Ji Badal. Mortal remains will be placed for paying last respects at SAD office in Chandigarh from 10 am to 12 noon tom following which they will be taken to Vill Badal. Cremation will be held on April 27," SAD said in a tweet.

The senior Punjab politician passed away at the age of 95 on Tuesday. He breathed his last at Fortis Hospital in Mohali.

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According to party leaders, Badal's mortal remains will be placed for paying last respects at the SAD office in Chandigarh from 10:00 am to noon on Wednesday.