Jagdish Gandhi laid to rest with state honours

Lucknow: City Montessori School founder and renowned educationist Jagdish Gandhi, was given state honours as his last rites were performed at Bahai Samadhi Sthal next to Baikunth Dham.Religious leaders like Pt Hari Prasad Mishra (Hinduism), SK Abidi (Islam), Rajendra Singh Bagga (Sikh), Father Rajesh D’ Souza (Christianity), Bhante Sheel Ratan (Buddhism), Shailendra Jain (Jainism) and Aman Mohajer (Bahai faith) prayed for peace to the departed soul. Gandhi’s wife Bharti Gandhi, son Vinay, daughters Sunita, Geeta and Nita joined the funeral procession.IAS officers Ritu Suhas and SP Singh, senior government officials, professors and educationists paid tribute to Gandhi.After funeral service, a memorial prayer meeting was held at CMS Gomtinagar (Campus I) in which members of the Gandhi family, close relatives, friends and followers shared memories of Gandhi. Former joint secretary, law and parliamentary affairs, UP, and CM’s secretary, Ratan Chandra Gupta, said that he had a long and fruitful association with Gandhi who was a man of action and would leave no stone unturned for the welfare of children.