Punjab Assembly pays homage to Ahmedabad plane crash victims, slain Abohar businessman

Chandigarh, Jul 10 (PTI) The Punjab Assembly on Thursday paid tributes to those who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash and veteran Akali leader and former union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

The House also paid tributes to AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal, Abohar businessman Sanjay Verma, and other personalities who passed away recently.

The two-day special session of the Punjab Assembly began here on Thursday.

Cabinet minister Aman Arora sought from the Speaker that tributes be paid to those who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash on June 12.

AAP MLA Amandeep Singh Musafir sought obituary references for businessman Verma, who was shot dead on July 7 by three assailants.

A two-minute silence was observed in the memory of the departed souls. PTI CHS DV DV