Prayagraj: The ashes of late Puran Chandra Joshi were immersed in Mother Ganga at the VIP Ghat in Haridwar. This morning, under the welcome of former Chief Minister Shri Vijay Bahuguna from New Delhi, Shekhar Bahuguna along with Sudha and Vinita and other family members, Rita Joshi, her son Mayank Joshi, Saket Bahuguna and Rita Joshi’s daughter-in-law Richa reached Haridwar with the ashes, where Saurabh Bahuguna, Cabinet Minister and the Joshi family were present. On this occasion, many ministers of Uttarakhand government, saint community, MLAs, BJP officials and leaders of other parties were also present.

Professor Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s son Mayank Joshi immersed his father’s ashes in Mother Ganga at the VIP Ghat in Haridwar as per the rituals. Senior cabinet ministers Mr. Madan Kaushik, Mr. Subodh Uniyal, Pradeep Batra, Aadesh Chauhan MLA, District Panchayat President Rajendra Chaudhary, District President Anurag Sharma, former District President BJP Sandeep Goyal, Anil Arora, Municipality President Shivalik Nagar Rajiv Sharma, Mr. Brahmaswaroop Brahmachari Milk Union Haridwar President Pramod were among those who paid tribute at the VIP Ghat in Haridwar. BJP leader Vivek Khanduri, family members Prabhav, Janhvi, Devansh Bahuguna and Avinash Joshi along with hundreds of others paid tributes and offered support to the bereaved family in this hour of grief.