Daylong Punjab assembly session begins under COVID-19 shadow

August 28, 2020 14:18

The Punjab assembly, which met under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, paid tributes to the soldiers killed in Ladakh's Galwan valley, the COVID warriors and Olympian Balbir Singh Senior.

The 12th session of the 15th Punjab Assembly began at 11 am with strict protocols in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thirty MLAs in the state, including four ministers, have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh led the assembly in paying tributes to 28 eminent personalities, including freedom fighters who passed away since the last session of the House.

The assembly paid its last respects to former MP Gurdas Singh Badal, Harminder Kaur (parents of state Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal), former MLA Chatin Singh Samao, former state minister Hari Singh Zira and Justice (retd) Satpal Bangar.

The members of the House also paid rich tributes to legendary field hockey player and Olympian Balbir Singh Senior and Hazoori Ragi Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa.

The House also remembered freedom fighters Sucha Singh and Piara Singh, among others.

It also paid homage to those who fell prey to the pandemic.

-- PTI

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