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He walked with Union minister of state Sudarshan Bhagat, state rural development minister Neelkanth Singh Munda, Mandar legislator Gangotri Kujur, state education minister Neera Yadav and BJP state president Laxman Gilua. Four different urns will be immersed in North Koyel river in Medininagar in Palamu, Swarnarekha river in Ghatshila in East Singbhum, the Ganges in Sahebganj and the confluence of Damodar and Bhairavi rivers in Rajrappa in Ramgarh on Friday morning. Here, with hundreds of BJP workers and office bearers, Das immersed the urn (Kalash) containing Vajpayee’s ashes in the backdrop of Vedic chants.The BJP had earlier announced to immerse Vajpayee’s ashes in five divisions of the state. The procession began from BJP’s state headquarters in Harmu at noon and covered 11 kilometers before culminating on the banks of Swarnarekha in Namkum.The Swarnarekha river ghat in Namkum was scrubbed clean for the event. The former PM was cremated with full state honors in presence of politicians and foreign dignitaries.Dressed in a white kurta, Das joined the procession near Chutia powerhouse area..