BJP leader Narinder Bragta laid to rest at native village near Shimla

Tribune News Service

Shimla, June 6

Former BJP minister and Chief Whip of the party Narinder Bragta, who died at PGI, Chandigarh yesterday, was cremated with full state honours at his native Tehtoli village in Jubbal Kotkhai today.

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Hundreds of people bid tearful adieu to the departed soul and slogans like “Jab tak suraj chand rahega, Bragta tera naam rahega” rent the air. His sons Chetan Bragta and Dhruv Bragta lit the pyre. His body was taken to his native village yesterday and a large number of people paid floral tributes to the departed soul.

Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj, Health Minister Rajiv Sehjal, Forest Minister Rakesh Pathania, MP Indu Goswami, Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri and MLA Theog Rakesh Singha, Himachal BJP chief, Suresh Kashyap, organising secretary, Pawan Rana, General secretary, Trilok Jamwal and several other leaders and well-wishers reached Kotkhai for Bragta’s ‘last darshan’.

Paying tributes to Bragta, state party chief Suresh Kashyap that his contribution to the party was immense and his departure was a big blow the party. He served the party and the people as a worker, a leader and a minister. His performance as minister was laudable and “his demise is big loss for Jubbal Kotkhai and personal to me”, he added.