Punjab Vidhan Sabha, which is meeting for a day in a specially convened Session on the issue of Satluj Yamuna link (SYl) canal on Wednesday paid tributes to two “brave heart” soldiers of the State who were killed in Jammu & Kashmir during recent skirmish on the border.
The House, sans all the 42 Congress MlAs, also remembered retired Brig Jagdish Gagneja, the deputy leader of the Punjab’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), who as killed recently after two unidentified motorbike-borne assailants shot at him.
Tributes were also paid to the legendary Punjabi movies’ comedian Mehar Mittal, along with the state’s former minister Sher Singh Gagowal, former MlAs Swaroup Baghi and Ram Parkash Bali, and a freedom fighter Tulsi Ram, who left for heavenly abode during the inter-session period.
Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal led the House in paying tributes and observe two-minute silence to pay respect to the departed souls before adjourning the proceedings till 10.30 am.