The Chhattisgarh Assembly made obituary references to former Member of Parliament Keyur Bushan, former Minister Hemchand Yadav and former Minister Vikram Bhagat on Monday.
Two minutes’ silence was also observed for the departed souls as a mark of respect in the House.
Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal while mentioning the demise of the aforesaid leaders said that former Minister Hemchand Yadav was a man of simple living and high thinking.
“He was accessible by all and displayed his organisational capabilities” the Speaker said.
Recalling Gandhian Keyur Bhushan, Agrawal said that he was a freedom fighter who continued with his simple living till the end while motivating the future generations.
“He (Bhushan) contributed to formation of Chhattisgarh State, its language and literature”, he said.
Vikram Bhagat was a tribal leader and continued to serve the community, the Speaker said.
Chief Minister Raman Singh while speaking on life of Hemchand Yadav said that he had organisational skills and was a successful Minister and led a simple life.
“He can be termed as ‘Azadshatru’, who treated everybody equally and was an ardent supporter of folklore, folk music and culture”, he said.
Hemchand Yadav was also a sportsman and Durg University has been named after him, so that his name and contribution to society can be remembered for years, Singh said.
Recalling Keyur Bhushan, the Chief Minister said that he was true ‘Gandhi of Chhattisgarh’.
Bhushan had been the youngest freedom fighter in Central Jail, Raipur and continued his struggle while also leading movements for Dalits to enter the temple among others, he said.
Vikram Bhagat started his political career as Sarpanch and had risen to Minister of State rank from Jashpur region, he said.
leader of Opposition TS Singhdeo remembering Hemchand Yadav said that he was a person with smile on face ready to help anyone cutting across party lines.
Keyur Bhushan was a figure on whom Britishers had issued shoot at sight order but the then District Collector R K Patil did not comply, he said.
Health Minister Ajay Chandrakar and other House members Bhupesh Baghel, Satyanarayan Sharma, Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey, Arun Vora, Dayaldas Baghel, Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu, Amarjeet Singh Bhagat, Devji Bhai Patel, lalchand Bafna, Shivratan Sharma and Keshav Chandra also spoke.