Punjab BJP leader Jagdish Raj Sahni dies of cardiac arrest

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Batala, May 2

BJP leader and three-time legislator Jagdish Raj Sahni died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Amritsar on Sunday. He was 77.

“Sahni died of cardiac arrest,” said Senior Medical Officer Sanjiv Bhalla.

Sahni, also a former chief parliamentary secretary, was elected to the state assembly from Batala seat in 1992, 1997 and 2007. PTI

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