The row over Dr Manmohan Singh's cremation and potential memorial escalated today after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the Centre of "insulting" the memory of the former prime minister.

Rahul Gandhi expressed his discontent over the decision to perform Manmohan Singh’s final rites at Nigambodh Ghat.

Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal slammed the Modi government for holding former PM Manmohan Singh's funeral at Nigambodh Ghat instead of a designated memorial site.

India said farewell to Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat on Saturday — igniting a political dispute. Congress members have condemned the Modi government for allegedly disrespecting Singh by not allocating a proper memorial site.

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the NDA government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that the centre "insulted former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh by organising his cremation on Nigam Bodh Ghat in Delhi".

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi paid his last respects to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in the national capital on Friday.

The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has sparked outpourings of grief at home and accolades from abroad, was cremated on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi with full state honours.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal criticised the BJP-led government for allegedly disrespecting former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh by conducting his last rites at Nigambodh Ghat instead of a designated memorial site.

Top leaders, including PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and members of the Gandhi family, gather at Nigam Bodh Ghat to pay their last respects to former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Follow live updates on the solemn farewell to one of India's most respected statesmen.