CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday paid tributes to departed souls including Political Personalities, freedom fighters, journalists and literary personalities who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly.
On the seventh session of 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha, the House paid respects to former Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Surjit Singh Minhas, , former Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhillon, former state Minister Surjit Singh Kohli, former MP Lok Sabha Kamal Chaudhry, former MP Rajya Sabha Gurcharan Kaur, former MLA Dhanwant Singh, freedom fighters Sardool Singh, Kashmir Singh, Gurdev Singh and Jagdish Prasad, eminent writer and Poet Dr. Surjit Patar, Founder of Spokesman Newspaper Joginder Singh and Editor of Pehredar Jaspal Singh Heran, along with Jasbir Kaur Lally and Sharanjit Singh Mann, mother and husband respectively of Nakodar MLA Inderjit Kaur Mann.
A two-minute silence was observed in the memory of departed souls as a mark of respect during the obituary references.