The Chhattisgarh State Assembly on Tuesday heaped praise during obituary references to six departed leaders besides the late South African former president Nelson Mandela and Chhattisgarh’s towering political figure and former union minister Dilip Singh Judeo who died in recent months.
The members also held a two minute’s silence to pay tributes to the departed leaders. Prior to this, immediately after the Governor’s address to the State Assembly, Chief Minister Raman Singh as per the House agenda proposed the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address and later introduced his
Cabinet ministers to the members while reading out their portfolios. This was followed by the Speaker first making the obituary reference to all the departed leaders followed by Chief Minister Raman Singh and then by the leader of Opposition TS Singh Deo.
The leaders on whom the obituary reference was made were- lok Sabha MP Dilip Singh Judeo, lok Sabha MP Murarilal Singh, former Minister of State in the undivided Madhya Pradesh Aghansingh Thakur, former member of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in the undivided Madhya Pradesh Isharwar Singh Patel, former member of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in the undivided Madhya Pradesh Hamid Ullah Khan, Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Ishwardas Rohani and former South African President Nelson Mandela. The House was then adjourned for the day.