Lalu slams Nitish govt for 'undignified' treatment to maths

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Friday slammed Nitish Kumar government for meting out "undignified" treatment to the renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh whose family was denied an ambulance after his death at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here Thursday.

The 74-year-old Singh, who once worked at NASA and California University, breathed his last at PMCH after prolonged illness.

The mathematician's mortal remains was consigned to flames at Mahuli ghat on river Ganga in Bhojpur district Friday with full state honour.

Mukesh Singh, maths wizard's nephew, lit the funeral pyre.

Science and Technology minister Jai Kumar Singh represented the state government on the occasion.

Condemning the "insensitive" attitude of the state government towards the mathematician, Prasad took a potshots at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying "does it behove to a chief minister to pay tributes to the mortal remains on the road.Did the cm ever meet Singh while he was in the hospital?"
Hitting out at the state government, the RJD supremo said "Death is a reality in everyone's life. The manner in which Nitish Kumar government treated his (Singh's) body is highly condemnable."