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Former UP Minister Ram Govind Chaudhary Cremated with State Honours in Ballia
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News18•27-09-2026, 16:15
Former UP Minister Ram Govind Chaudhary Cremated with State Honours in Ballia
- •Samajwadi Party veteran and former Uttar Pradesh minister Ram Govind Chaudhary was cremated with state honours in his native Ballia district.
- •Chaudhary, an eight-time MLA and former leader of the opposition, passed away on Friday at SGPGI in Lucknow at 73.
- •His mortal remains were brought to his residence for public viewing before being taken to his native village Gosainpur.
- •Thousands gathered at Gosainpur to pay their final respects, with his son Ranjit Chaudhary lighting the funeral pyre.
- •SP president Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders paid tribute, remembering Chaudhary as a crusader for social justice and socialist values.
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Former Uttar Pradesh minister Ram Govind Chaudhary was cremated with state honours in his native Ballia district on Sunday.
His last rites were performed near the banks of the Sarayu river in Gosainpur, where his only son, Ranjit Chaudhary, lit the funeral pyre.
Ram Govind Chaudhary was an eight-time MLA and served as the leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly from March 2017 to March 2022, in addition to serving as a state minister.
