Homage to mishap victims, veterans

On the first day of the budget session on Tuesday, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha paid tributes to former Union defence minister George Fernandes, former Punjab ministers Dalip Singh Pandhi and Gobind Singh Kanjhla.

The House also paid tributes to freedom fighter Chanan Singh, constable Mukhtiyar Singh, gunner Lekh Raj and lance naik Sukhchain Singh.

Speaker Rana KP Singh proposed that tributes be paid to all those members who had passed away since the previous session.

After the obituary references to eminent personalities, he passed a resolution for conveying the condolences of the House to their respective families. A two-minute silence was observed as a mark of respect to the departed souls.

The speaker also acceded to the request of Adampur MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu to pay tributes to Vir Chakra awardee Capt Harbhajan Singh.

He also conceded the request of Guru Har Sahai MLA Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi to include the names of two assistant advocates general — Sandeep Singh Mann and Atinder Pal Singh —in the list of obituary references, who died recently in a road accident.