Bharatiya Janata Party’s former MlA Harish Bedi died of severe heart attack at his residence in Janakpuri area of ludhiana city on early Sunday.
A 56-year-old leader had a massive heart attack after he returned home in wee hours after participating in a religious function (jagran) in the city.
The former MlA of ludhaina (North) was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead, family sources said. Bedi is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. BJP ludhiana president Parveen Bansal said that Bedi had been facing heart problem for past sometime. Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad and untimely demise of the former BJP MlA.
Badal, in his condolence message, described Bedi as a “disciplined soldier of BJP who worked relentlessly for the upliftment of the disadvantaged sections of the society, besides ensuring over all development in the industrial town of ludhiana”.
He said with Bedi’s death, the SAD-BJP alliance had been deprived of a visionary leader with qualities of head and heart who always stood like a rock with leaders and workers of alliance besides people in hour of crisis.