PunjabChief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday led the Vidhan Sabha in payingtribute to eminent personalities, freedom fighters, sports icons, politicalpersonalities besides senior officers of civil and police administration, whohad passed away since the last session of the Assembly.
Onthe onset of one day special session of the 15th Vidhan Sabha to commemoratethe 400th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji, the House paid respects toformer Union Minister of State RL Bhatia, former Ministers Gurnam Singh AbulKhurana, Gulzar Singh, Surjit Kaur Kalkat, Chaudhri Radha Krishan and InderjitSingh Zira, ex-Chief Parliamentary Secretary Jagdish Sawhney besides formerMLAs Sukhdarshan Singh Marar and Jagraj Singh Gill.
TheHouse also paid tribute to the martyr Sepoy Prabhjit Singh. Likewise, homagewas also paid to the freedom fighters Kala Singh, Gurdev Singh, Ranjit Singhand Sulakhan Singh.
TheHouse also paid glowing tributes to the iconic sports personalities MilkhaSingh and Man Kaur (both athletes). The House also remembered the formerState Chief Secretary YS Ratra and Ex-DGP Mohd Izhaar Alam.
The House also paid tributes to thefounder of Centre for Research on Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID)Rashpal Malhotra.
TheHouse also paid homage to Mahinder Kaur (Cabinet Rank) and former SGPC MemberKuldeep Singh Dhoss.
Meanwhile,Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi proposed the names ofCrickter Yashpal Sharma and ex-Captain Indian Volleyball Team Nirmal MilkhaSingh, the wife of late Milkha Singh for obituary references.
Likewise, MLA Nabha Randeep Singh alsoproposed the name of martyr Gurjant Singh, MLA Raikot Jagtar Singh proposedname of martyr Sub Inspector Gurmukh Singh and MLA Adampur Pawan Kumar Tinnualso proposed the name of Chancellor, Baba Bhag Singh University Sant BabaDilawar Singh to be included in the obituary list.
Onthe request of the aforesaid members of the House, the Speaker Rana Kanwar PalSingh also consented to include these names to obituary references.
TheHouse also paid rich tributes to the farmers who lost their lives during theongoing farmers’ agitation against the central farm laws.
Atwo-minute silence was observed in the memory of departed souls as a mark ofrespect during the obituary references.
Meanwhile,the Speaker proposed that homage be paid to all those members who had passedaway since the previous session. After the obituary references to the departedsouls, he passed a resolution for conveying the condolences of the House totheir respective families. The resolution was passed by voice vote.