Thursday, May 4 2006 10:19 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Poignant scenes were witnessed at the residence of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan at Worli in central Mumbai today (May 4, 2006) with family members gathering to bid him a final farewell.

An inconsolable Rekha, the departed leader's wife, broke down on seeing the body which was brought to their residence from the state BJP headquarters this morning.

Mahajan's daughter Poonam tried to console her mother but broke down and was comforted by her uncle and BJP leader Gopinath Munde.

The tragedy appeared enormous for Mahajan's mother Prabhavati who clinged to the body of her eldest son, though her daughters and son Prakash tried to console her.

The body, received by Prakash, Munde and BJP leader Prakash Javdekar at the residence, was kept on a flower decked platform in the premises where huge cut-outs of Mahajan with caption 'Pramod Mahajan amar rahe' were put up.

BJP workers started pouring in at the residence much before the body was brought in an ambulance.