Punjab FM Manpreet Badal’s father Gurdas Badal dies at 88

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Punjab FM Manpreet Badal’s father Gurdas Badal dies at 88

Published : May 15, 2020, 1:51 pm IST
Updated : May 15, 2020, 1:51 pm IST

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Former MP Gurdas Singh Badal (88), father of Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, passed away around midnight

Chandigarh: Former MP Gurdas Singh Badal (88), father of Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, passed away around midnight following a cardiac arrest. He had been unwell for a while and was admitted in a hospital in Mohali.

Gurdas Badal was also brother of former CM Parkash Singh Badal. Before their political separation, people referred to them as ‘Pash te Dass di jodi’, as Gurdas used to perform the role of an election manager for his elder brother.

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Gurdas Singh BadalGurdas's wife had passed away on March 19 this year. He had won the Lok Sabha election from Fazilka in 1971. Before that, he served as member of the legislative council (MLC) from March 1967 to April 1969.

Keeping in view the current Covid-19 pandemic, Manpreet Badal has on social media appealed to all to refrain from attending the funeral ceremony, which would be held at Badal village.

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