Tearful adieu to MLA Sujan Singh Pathania

NURPUR, FEBRUARY 13

Thousands of people and political leaders bade a tearful adieu to former minister and sitting Congress MLA from Fatehpur in Kangra district Sujan Singh Pathania at his native village on Saturday.

Pathania, who died yesterday, was cremated with honours. Bhiwani Pathania, his son, lit the funeral pyre.

The body of the Congress leader, wrapped in the party’s flag, was brought in the cremation ground in a vehicle decorated with flowers. People accompanying the funeral procession raised slogans “Jab tak Suraj Chand rahega, Pathania tera naam rehega” and “Sujan Singh amer rahe”.

Mukesh Agnihotri, Leader of the Opposition, state Congress president Kuldeep Rathore, general secretary Kewal Pathania, former Congress president Sukhwinder Sukhu, former ministers GS Bali, Sudhir Sharma, Asha Kumari, Vipolve Thakur and Harbans Rana, Kangra district Congress president Ajay Mahajan, former Lok Sabha MP Rajan Sushant and Chander Kumar, former Rajya Sabha MP Kirpal Parmar, Forest Minister Rakesh Pathania and Arjun Singh MLA, Jawali, paid tributes to Pathania. On behalf of the state government, the Transport Minister attended the funeral.

Agnihotri said Pathania’s death was a huge loss to the party and to him. The Forest Minister said he enjoyed cordial relations with him. — OC