RIP George Fernandes wish fulfilled after doing this!!

Mangaluru, Feb 03: "George who had left Mangaluru in 1950 has now returned. He is now here with my maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather," said an emotional Michael Fernandes, laying the ashes of his late brother and Union Minister, George Fernandes in the wooden casket at the Bejai cemetery.

A portion of George s ashes was brought to his birthplace, Mangaluru, by him on the wishes of his relatives and close associates. The cemetery is next to the school where George studied for a year and within a mile from the house where he spent his childhood.

George s paternal grandfather and maternal grandmother too are buried in the same cemetery. Politicians, including Mangaluru Mayor, K Bhaskar, MLA, Vedavyas Kamath, corporators, Shashidhar Shetty, Lancelot Pinto, and family and friends, paid tribute to him.

While the Mangaluru City Corporation has moved a resolution to name the Bejai New Road, where his ancestral house once existed, after George Fernandes, Mr. Michael Fernandes has suggested it name a major road after him.

“That is a small road and at present there is no house of ours there. People may criticise naming a small road after George. It would be better if the government names an important road, leading to a railway station or the like after George as he is known for his contribution of the Konkan Railway,” he said.