New Delhi: Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, a six-time MP from Amritsar and a Congress leader died aged 100, PTI information company reported on Saturday (May 15, 2021). He breathed his final at a non-public hospital in Amritsar.
“Raghunandan Bhatia died at a private hospital on Friday night and he is survived by his son Ramesh Bhatia, daughter Saroj Munjal and younger brother JL Bhatia,” PTI quoted members of the family as saying.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh condoled the death mentioned, “Saddened to lose former Governor & Senior Congress Leader & six-time MP, Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Ji. My thoughts and prayers are with his family members in their hour of grief. May his soul rest in peace.”
Saddened to lose former Governor & Senior Congress Leader & six-time MP, Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Ji. My ideas and prayers are along with his members of the family of their hour of grief. May his soul relaxation in peace.
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) May 15, 2021
Bhatia was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1972 from the Amritsar parliamentary constituency and once more re-elected from the identical seat within the 1980, 1985, 1992, 1996 and 1999 elections as a member of the Indian National Congress.
He had served because the governor of Kerala from 2004 to 2008 and the governor of Bihar from 2008 to 2009. He was additionally the minister of state for exterior affairs in 1992.
Bhatia, as a senior member of the Congress, held varied positions within the social gathering, together with the publish of Punjab unit president and common secretary.Â
(With company inputs)
