Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's father Poonam Chand Yadav was cremated on Wednesday on the banks of Kshipra in Ujjain. The funeral procession started from the Chief Minister's house and reached the river bank via the main roads. Poonam Chand Yadav's elder son lit the pyre. The Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues were standing on a truck decorated with flowers, on which Poonam Chand Yadav's body was kept. 100-year-old Poonam Chand Yadav died on Tuesday evening after a long illness.

A huge crowd participated in the last journey of Poonam Chand Yadav, father of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. Prominent ministers of the central and state government, public representatives and social workers participated in the last journey. Everyone paid floral tributes and had the last darshan and prayed to God to grant him a place in his feet. Social organizations paid tribute by showering flowers from the stages on the route of the last journey.

The last journey of late Poonamchand Yadav reached Bhookhi Mata from his personal residence Geeta Colony via Sakdia Sultan Temple, Khajur Wali Masjid, Budhwariya, Nikas Chauraha, Teliwara, Kanthal, Satigate, Chhatri Chowk, Gopal Mandir, Dhaba Road, Badapul, Kartik Mela Ground, where the last rites were performed on the banks of Kshipra. His eldest sons Narayan Yadav and Nandlal Yadav lit the funeral pyre.

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who attended the last rites of Chief Minister Yadav's father Poonamchand Yadav, while paying tribute said that Poonam Chand Yadav proved the meaning of life by becoming a Karmapradhan.

Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar said that it is the reward of the virtues of late Yadav's life that one of his sons is serving eight crore people of the state.

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, while paying tribute, said that parents provide shade like a banyan tree. Yadav established his family by struggling in life and had a feeling of love towards everyone.

MP's Urban Development and Housing Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said that no one can take the place of parents in the world. Parents are like God. The departure of hardworking parents from this world is unbearable.

On this occasion, former Union Minister Dr. Satyanarayan Jatia, Mahidpur MLA Dinesh Jain Bose, Rajaram Yadav, Ashish Chauhan also paid tribute and prayed to God for the peace of the departed soul and to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the grief.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Deputy Chief Minister of the state Rajendra Shukla and Jagdishchandra Devda, State Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Minister Andal Singh Kanshana, Minister Chaitanya Kashyap, Minister Ramniwas Rawat, Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Minister Uday Pratap Singh, Minister Karan Singh Verma, Minister Vishwas Sarang, Minister Gautam Tetwal, Minister Narendra Shivaji Patel, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Krishna Gaur, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Narayan Singh Panwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dilip Jaiswal, Minister of State Dilip Ahirwar, Rajya Sabha MP Balyogi Umeshnath Maharaj, MP V.D. Sharma, MP Mahendra Singh Solanki, Ujjain MLA Anil Jain Kaluhera, Satish Malviya, Mahesh Parmar, Indore MLA Mahendra Hardia, Madhu Verma, Golu Shukla, Shajapur MLA Arun Bhimavad, former Home Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra, former Minister Arvind Singh Bhadauria, former Minister Kailash Chawla, former Minister Paras Jain attended the last rites of CM Mohan Yadav's father late Poonam Chand Yadav. Apart from this, State Chief Secretary Veera Rana, Director General of Police Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary Dr. Rajesh Rajoura, Principal Secretary Mo. Suleman, Principal Secretary Raghavendra Singh and Sandeep Yadav, Commissioner Public Relations Dr. Sudam Khade, Ujjain Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Gupta, Inspector General of Police Ujjain Santosh Kumar Singh, public representatives, senior administrative officers of the state government and a large number of Ujjain residents participated.