Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Tributes paid to departed leaders

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CHANDIGARH: The Haryana assembly on Tuesday paid tributes to prominent personalit­ies. The members of the House also observed a two-minute silence to pay homage to the departed souls.

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, leader of the opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, INLD MLA Abhay Singh Chautala and speaker Gian Chand Gupta paid tributes to former Union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, former Haryana MLA Devi Dass, freedom fighter Amilal of Meerpur village in Rewari and nine martyrs of the state.

These included Major Virender of Khairani village in Mahenderga­rh, Captain Inderjeet of Ambala Cantt, Havildar Lilaram of Berla village in Charkhi Dadri, Havildar Khurshid Ahmed of Raipuri village in Nuh, Lance Naik Krishan Kumar of Kheri Khummar village in Jhajjar, Sepoy Satish Kumar Kilrod village in Jhajjar, Sepoy Sandeep Kumar of Kaliawas village in Jhajjar, Sepoy Sunil Kumar of Rajupur in Gurugram and Sepoy Randeep of Haryoli village in Ambala district.

The House also placed on record its deep sense of sorrow on the sad demise of Sneh Lata, wife of former CM Om Prakash Chautala; Vidyawati, sister-in-law of MLA Krishan Hooda; Sher Singh, uncle of MLA Om Prakash Yadav; Dalchand Rawat, grandfathe­r of former MLA Kehar Singh Rawat and Sukhi Ram, father of former MLA Randeep Singh.

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