Family gives nod to ex-PM Manmohan Singh's memorial at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal

Manmohan Singh's family approves memorial site at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, paving the way for establishment of memorial trust.

Decks have been cleared to establish a memorial for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with his family's nod to the proposed site at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal.

Sources close to Singh's family said it has written to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, approving the site proposed and sending a letter of acceptance.

The three daughters of Singh, also a former Union Finance Minister, and their husbands had earlier visited the proposed memorial site.

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The site, measuring around 900 square metres, is at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, where the memorials of many former Prime Ministers and Presidents have been set up.

The memorial of former President Pranab Mukherjee is adjacent to the site proposed for Manmohan Singh.

The next in the process would be the transfer of land in the name of a trust to be set up in memory of Manmohan Singh. The family has to propose and finalise the names of members of the trust, which is likely to be set up soon, sources said.