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Chandy wants Kalam's body to be brought to Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, July 28
Kerala Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy has spoken to union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
on bringing the body of former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam to this state
capital for a few hours, for the people to pay their respects, as he
stayed here for nearly two decades.
Chandy told Rajnath Singh
that Kalam lived in the city from the early 1960s to the 1980s while
working as a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation centre.
Chandy
spoke to Rajanth Singh on Monday night and has send letters to the
prime minister and other cabinet ministers with the request to bring
Kalam's body for a few hours before it is taken to his home town in
Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Chandy's office said.
Chandy will also lead a team of his cabinet ministers and legislators to attend Kalam's funeral on Wednesday.
The
former president died on Monday in a private hospital in Meghalaya
after he collapsed while delivering a lecture on "Liveable Planet" to
students of the Indian Institute of Managment-Shillong.