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Gopinath Munde: State funeral for India minister killed in car crash Gopinath Munde: India cremates minister killed in car crash
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India's newly appointed rural development minister, who died in a car crash in Delhi on Tuesday, will be given a state funeral, officials say. India's newly appointed rural development minister, who died in a car crash on Tuesday, has been cremated with full state honours.
Gopinath Munde will be cremated later at his village in Maharashtra state. Gopinath Munde's funeral pyre was lit by his daughter Pankaja Munde-Palve at his village in Maharashtra state.
His body was flown on Tuesday night to Mumbai and supporters have been paying their last respects. Several senior BJP leaders and tens of thousands of people were in attendance.
Mr Munde was on his way to the airport to take a flight to his home state of Maharashtra when his car was hit by another car, officials said. Mr Munde was on his way to the airport to take a flight to his home state of Maharashtra when his car was hit by another car in Delhi.
Doctors at the AIIMS hospital said he was not breathing when brought in and efforts to resuscitate him failed. The autopsy showed he died from a spinal fracture. Doctors at the AIIMS hospital said he was not breathing when brought in and efforts to resuscitate him failed. The post mortem showed he died from a spinal fracture.
On Wednesday morning, thousand have gathered in Parli village where Mr Munde's body will brought for his last rites in a few hours, BBC Hindi's Devidas Deshpande reports from the village. Since Wednesday morning, thousands had gathered in Mr Munde's ancestral village Parli for his last rites.
Security is tight as several senior politicians are due to attend the cremation and tens of thousands will be in the village by the time of the funeral, our correspondent adds. His body was flown from Mumbai to Latur town from where it was taken by road to the village.
One of his daughters, Pankaja Munde-Palve, is a member of the Maharashtra state assembly and reports say she will perform his last rites on Wednesday.
Mr Munde, 64, was appointed just last week to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government.Mr Munde, 64, was appointed just last week to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government.
Mr Modi described Mr Munde as "a true mass leader" and said that "hailing from backward sections of society, he rose to great heights and tirelessly served people".Mr Modi described Mr Munde as "a true mass leader" and said that "hailing from backward sections of society, he rose to great heights and tirelessly served people".
He was deputy leader of his party, the BJP, in the last parliament. He was deputy leader of his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the last parliament.
India has some of the most dangerous roads in the world - nearly 140,000 people died in road accidents in India in 2012, according to the government's National Crime Records Bureau.India has some of the most dangerous roads in the world - nearly 140,000 people died in road accidents in India in 2012, according to the government's National Crime Records Bureau.