Qadian/Gurdaspur/Chandigarh, July 5: Glowing tributes were paid to Shrimati Gurbachan Kaur Bajwa, mother of the state Congress chief Mr Partap Singh Bajwa and the General secretary Mr Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa at her bhog ceremony attended by thousands of people from all over the state. She used to be addressed as Ammi Ji out of respect by all.
Born on March 17, 1931 at Kot Ramdas in Sialkot district, now in Pakistan, she was married to Sardar Satnam Singh Bajwa in 1948 who rose to be minister in Punjab. All her life, she devoted herself to the service of the people. She expired on 25th June.
Dr Shakeel Ahmed also read out the condolence message from Smt Sonia Gandhi, president INC.
In his address Dr Ahmed said that the passing away of Smt Gurbachan Kaur Bajwa has created a vaccum in the family and hoped that the Bajwa family will recover from this very soon. He also said that Mrs Bajwa was great soul and she has contributed to the society in her whole life.
S Partap Singh Bajwa, President PPCC thanked all the senior leaders and the people from the party and across the party lines for joining the family on this occasion.
The family members including Brigadier M.P.S Bajwa and Kiran Kaur Bajwa, Charanjit Kaur Bajwa MLA Qadian, Smt. Preet Bajwa and Daughter & Son In Law Narinder Kaur & Wg Cdr HP Singh Khera, Maninder Kaur and Grand Children’s Adhiraj Partap & Kamal, Sukhmani & Japjeev Singh, Kanwar Partap , Arjun Partap and Vikram Partap paid tributes to Shrimati Gurbachan Kaur Bajwa.
Those who were present included Congress Senior Leaders – Dr. Shakeel Ahmad General Secretary AICC, Ambika Soni General Secretary AICC, Harish Chaudhary Secretary AICC, Asha Kumari Secretary AICC, Bhupinder Singh Hooda Former Chief Minister Haryana, Capt. Ajay Yadav Former Minister Haryana, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring President Indian Youth Congress, Kuljit Singh Nagra Secretary AICC ,Ashwani Sekhri Secretary AICC, Vijay Inder Singh Spokesperson AICC, Jai Veer Shergill Spokesperson AICC, Ashok Tanwar President Haryana Congress, Sukhwinder Sukku President Himachal Congress, Gulam Ahmad Mir President J & K Congress, Shamsher Singh Dullo Former President PPCC, Mohinder Singh Kay Pee Former President PPCC, Smt. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Former CM & Forme President PPCC, S. Laal Singh Former Working President PPCC, Virinder Kataria Former President PPCC, Dr Ashwani Kumar MP, Ch. Santokh Singh MP,
MLA’s – Smt. Aruna Chaudhary, S. Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sh. O. P. Soni, S. Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sh. Sunder Sham Arora, Mrs. Guriqbal Kaur, S. Charanjit Singh Channi, S. Jagmohan Singh Kang, S. Balbir Singh Sidhu, S. Randeep Singh Nabha, S. Gurkirat Singh Kotli, S. Amrik Singh Dhillon, Sh. Surinder Kumar Dawar, Sh. Rakesh Pandey, S. Gurcharan Singh Boparai, Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Smt. Karan Kaur Brar, S. Ajit Inder Singh Mofar, Sh. Rajnish Kumar
Senior Leaders – Ch. Jagjit Singh, Amarjit Singh Samra, , Gursant Singh Brar, Jagmeet Singh Brar Ex MP, Kanwaljit Singh Lally Ex MLA, Hans Raj Josan, Sh. Vinay Mahajan, Sh. Raman Bhalla, Sh. Raman Behl, S. Balvinder Singh Laddi, S. Sukhjinder Raj Singh Majithia, S. Sardul Singh, S. Jasbir Singh (Dimpa), S. Gurchet Singh Bhullar, S. Harminder Sigh Gill, S. Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Ch. Santokh Singh, S. Amarjit Singh Samra, Ch. Jagjit Singh, Sh. Avtar Henry, Dr. Raj Kumar, Sh. Vikram Singh Bajwa, Sh. Malkiat Singh Dakha, Sh. Lakhvir Singh Lakha, S. Jasbir Singh Khangura, S. Darshan Singh Brar, S. Inderjit Singh Zira, S. Harminder Singh Jassi, S. Surinder Pal Singh Sibia, Jai Kisan Saini, Tej Parkash Singh, Malkit Singh Birmi, KK Bawa Ex MLA, Lakhmir Singh Randhawa, Joginder Singh Mann Ex Minister, Manmohan Singh Satyal Ex Minister, Sushila Mahajan Ex Minister, Tejinder Singh Bittu, Sukhwnder Singh Shabajpuri
President DCC’s – Sh. Gurjit Singh Aujla President, DCC (Amritsar Rural), Sh. Rajiv Bhagat (Advocate) President, DCC (Amritsar Urban), Sh. Anil Vij President, DCC (Patahankot), Sh. Lakhvir Singh Lakha President, DCC (Khanna), S. Paramjit Singh Maan President, DCC (Barnala), Mai Roop Kaur President, DCC (Sangrur), Sh. Bikram Mofar President, DCC (Mansa), Sh. Mohan Lal Aggarwal President, DCC (Bathinda Urban), Sh. Gura Singh Tungwali President, DCC (Bathinda Rural), Sh. Sukhpal Singh Bhullar President, DCC (Tarn Taran), Sh. Gurmeet Singh Khudian President, DCC (Muktsar), Sh. Darshan Singh Brar President, DCC (Moga), Sh. Koshal Kumar President, DCC (Fazilka), Sh. Harbhag Singh Saini President, DCC (Ropar), Sh.Chamkaur Singh President, DCC (Ferozepur), Sh. Rajinder Berry President, DCC (Jalandhar Urban), S. Harinder Singh Bhambri President, DCC (Fatehgarh Sahib)
Office Bearers – Prof. Gurwinder Singh Mamanke, Sukhraj Singh Natt, Neeraj Salhotra, Rajanbir Singh, Rana Rajinder Singh Randhawa, Kanwar Harpreet Singh, Varinder Sharma, Gurpartap Singh Mann, Jagdeep Singh Narula, Goggi Ropar, Tony Clair, Darshan Singh Ludhiana, Anil Dutta, ML Sharma, Sanjiv Rocky Bhargav, Babaljit Singh Khiala, Ramanath Sahnewal, Lakhwinder Singh Bhinder, KK Sharma Patiala, Darshan Singh Jeeda, Sanjeev Sharma, Rashpal Singh Jormajra, Manish Bhardwaj, Jatinder Pal Dher, Pardeep Sachar, Inderpal Singh Dhanna, Pawan Kumar Pamma, Harjinder Virk, Daljit Singh Happy, Ranjit Singh Mangat, Gurpreet Khangura, Parveen Naushrat, Rajinder Deepa, Ravinder Diwan, Raj Baksh, Inderjit Singh Randhawa, Baldish Singh Toor, Principal Hardeep, Barinder Singh Chotepur, SS Ghuan, Pushpinder Sharma, Ravinder Sharma, Paramjit Singh Randhaw, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Ram Lal Jassi, Madan Lal Hakla, Gagan Pardeep Singh Bal, Gurwinder Singh Balli, Surinder Singh Jaura, Nirmal Singh, Jagdarshan Kaur, Bawinder Singh Bhinda, Gurminder Singh Rataul, Ram Lal Mall, Iqbal Singh Dhillon, Pawan Adia, Jasbir Singh Sur Singh Wala, Dr. Manjit Singh Saroya, Puran Chand Mujadia, Rajinder Balla, Gurmit Pahra, Parpeet Kaur Brar, Anoop Bhullar, Jang Bahadur Singh, Harjit Singh Bajwa, Sawinder Singh Shah, Salwinder Singh Sandhu, Tanveer Jhajj, Gurdas Girdhar, Hiradaypal, Gurwinder Singh Billa Chairman OBC Deptt., Lakhwinder Kaur Garcha, Sandeep Bal, Bhai Narpat Singh, Sharanjit Singh Jogipur, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Kulvir Singh Zira, Yoginder Pal Dingra, Jatinder pal Singh Bedi, Ajay Verma, Jagpal Singh Abulkhurana, Swaraj Dhillon, Paramjit Singh Jawaddi, Amardeeo Singh Cheema, Tarsem Singh Masih, Amit Bawa, Dhanjit Singh Dhanni, Kulwant Singh Sidhu, Atul Nagpal, Sunil Kumar Chauhan, Gurwinder Singh Atwal, Jaswinder Kumar Vicky, Ashok Kumar Nanowal, Pankaj Kirpal, Manjit Singh Mann, Harman Bajwa, Manpreet Singh Sandhu, Nimisha Mehta, Dhruv Aggarwal, Khushbaz singh Jattana,
Other Party Leaders – Tarun Chuj All India Secretary BJP, Manpreet Badal President PPP, Hans Raj Hans, SS Virk Former DGP, Balwant Singh Ramowalia, Bir Divender Singh Batala, Baldev Mann, Kiranbir Singh Kang, Harwinder Singh Sarna, Bhupinder Singh Mann National Presdient BKU, Baldev Singh Mianpur President BKU Punjab, Gurmail Parkash President BKU Haryana
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