New Delhi: The week-old government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was dealt a blow Tuesday when Gopinath Munde, a senior cabinet minister who looked after three portfolios, including rural development, died after an early morning
Munde's body wrapped in white sheets and covered in rose petals was kept in a transparent coffin as senior leaders, including Modi, L.K. Advani, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav paid tributes.