AAP leader Baldev Singh Azad passes away at 65

Archit Watts
Tribune News Service
Muktsar, April 20

Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab unit vice-president, Baldev Singh Azad, passed away on Monday after a battle with liver cancer. He was 65.

Singh was being treated at PGIMER in Chandigarh.

Azad, a retired principal of Government Senior Secondary School (Boys), Lakhewali village here, was the son of freedom fighter Jangir Singh Azad.

He was MA, MEd and the first in his family to join politics. After his retirement, he had joined the AAP. He was a well-renowned academician in this area. A Punjabi writer, he had authored four books. He had unsuccessfully contested the Assembly elections from Malout in 2017.

Most of his family work in the government.

Baldev Singh originally hailed from Lakhewali village and was presently residing at Muktsar town.

Swaran Singh Lakhewali, younger brother of deceased, said, “Baldev ji’s political activities were low from the past some time due to his poor health. He was suffering from liver cancer, passed away today at about 3 am at his Muktsar residence. The cremation will be held today.”