Former Punjab deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh dies at 73
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Patiala, June 30
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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