NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee leader Harjinder Singh Dhami had been amongst people who paid their final respects to Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal today. The Akali stalwart can be cremated on the family`s agriculture land in which a raised platform has been erected for appearing the final rites.
Parkash Singh Badal died on Tuesday on the age of 95. His frame is stored at his house for the final ‘darshan’ with human beings in huge numbers queuing as much as pay tributes and specific grief with the family.
Parkash Singh Badals’s son Sukhbir Badal, his spouse Harsimrat Kaur Badal, their daughters and a son stood except him at their house. The cremation will take area at round 1 pm today.
Former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, the estranged nephew of Parkash Singh Badal, and previous minister Bikram Singh Majithia, had been amongst people who paid homage to the Akali chief except ex Union minister Praful Patel and BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
Condoling the previous Chief Minister’s death, Mr Sirsa stated Parkash Singh Badal changed into an group in himself and together along with his death, an technology has ended.
“Everything may be learnt from Sardar Parkash Singh Badal saab. Be it time management, problems associated with the network and the state. We learnt plenty from Badal saab,” stated Mr Sirsa who left the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in 2021 to sign up for the BJP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and numerous political leaders on Wednesday had paid floral tributes to Parkash Singh Badal on the SAD workplace in Chandigarh in which his frame changed into stored for a few time. The frame changed into then delivered to Badal village in Muktsar district on Wednesday night.
When the automobile sporting Parkash Badal’s stays headed to Badal village on Wednesday, celebration supporters and lots of not unusualplace human beings stood alongside each facets of the dual carriageway to capture a glimpse of the chief.
The Punjab authorities and the Chandigarh management have declared a public mourning on Thursday as a mark of admire to the previous Chief Minister.
The grand antique guy of Punjab politics first have become Chief Minister in 1970, heading a coalition authorities that did now no longer whole its term. He served as Chief Minister in 1977-80, 1997-2002, 2007-12 and 2012-2017.