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Former Punjab deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh dies at 73

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Patiala, June 30

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Former Punjab Vidhan Sabha Deputy Speaker Bir Devinder Singh died at the PGI Chandigarh on Friday.

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He was 73.

He was undergoing treatment at the PGI.

Close associates of the former Congressman said he had been detected with cancer a few months ago.

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He was the deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly between 2003 and 2004.

The two-time MLA from the Congress first represented Sirhind constituency and later Kharar.

He had joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) in 2019 after being expelled from the Congress in 2016.

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