Ram Vilas Paswan accorded state funeral; son Chirag, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad others pay tribute
India TV NewsLate parliamentarian Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday accorded a state funeral at the ceremony in Patna. Bihar Chief Minister, Deputy CM and Ravishankar Prasad - MP from Patna, paid floral tribute to Ramvilas Paswan on the arrival of his mortal remains at Patna airport on late Friday evening. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Speaker of state legislative assembly Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and others paid floral tribute to the departed leader on the occasion. Later, the mortal remains of the former union minister were taken to the state Legislative assembly premises where Kumar and other ministers and legislators paid their respect to the veteran leader. BJP general secretary Bhupendra Yadav, state party president Sanjay Jaiswal and Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahni visited the LJP office to pay respect to the great leader.