Mandi MP Ram Swaroop Sharma laid to rest at his native village

Tribune News Service

Mandi, March 18

Mandi MP Ram Swaroop Sharma was cremated with full state honours at Machhiyal, 4 km from his native village Jalpehar, under the Jogindernagar assembly segment in Mandi district today.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and other BJP leaders attended the funeral ceremony. The body was taken from his native village to the cremation ground in an open jeep. Huge crowd assembled at the cremation ground to pay last respect to the deceased MP.

Former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal, IPH Minister Mahender Singh Thakur, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Sarveen Chaudhary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Rajinder Garg, BJP state president Suresh Kashyap, MP Kishan Kapoor, MLAs Vinod Kumar, Hira Lal, Jawahar Thakur and Prakash Rana and vice chairman of the State Finance Commission Satpal Singh Satti were present on the cremation ground.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur visited the deceased MP’s native village at Jalpehar and offered his condolences to the family members. He prayed to the almighty for peace to the departed soul.

The Chief Minister said that untimely death of Ram Swaroop Sharma was not only a big loss for the Mandi parliamentary constituency but also for Himachal Pradesh and the BJP. Ram Swaroop would always be remembered for his humbleness, simplicity and dedication.

In reply to a query, the Chief Minister said that the investigation was under way by the Delhi Police to ascertain the exact cause of the death of Ram Swaroop. If family members of the deceased MP want any help from the state government regarding the investigation into the death, the state government will think about it.

Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur, Ashray Sharma along with other local Congress leaders visited the cremation ground to attend the funeral ceremony of Ram Swaroop.

Shanti Swaroop, the elder son of the deceased MP, lit the pyre to conduct last rites.

The two-time BJP MP from Mandi was found hanging from the ceiling of his official residence in Delhi yesterday. He was a dedicated RSS worker and rose from the grassroot level.

Ram Swaroop shot into limelight in 2014, when he defeated Pratibha Singh, wife of the then Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. In 2019, he won the Lok Sabha election with a huge margin of 4.5 lakh votes.