As a sea of humanity, including a galaxy of leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, converged at the Badal village to pay homage to Punjab’s five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday used
Badal s mortal remains were taken to the family s farmland, around a kilometer from his residence, on a flower-decked tractor-trolley with his son Sukhbir Singh Badal and other family members standing with folded hands as the vehicle moved past the mourners on the route.
Badal (Punjab): Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral village in Punjab s Muktsar district on Thursday with thousands of mourners and leaders across the political spectrum paying their last respects to the five-time chief minister.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal lit the funeral pyre at a special platform erected for the last rites.
Badal s mortal