A Marxist to an Akali to a Congressman: Former Union minister Buta Singh no more
Buta Singh, who prided himself as a Rajiv Gandhi loyalist, died at 86 in New Delhi on Saturday. Buta was a former Akali. Before turning into an Akali, he was a Marxist in his younger days who did a master s in history from Mumbai s Khalsa College.
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Former Union minister Buta Singh. (Photo: India Today Archive)
Buta Singh, who prided himself as a Rajiv Gandhi loyalist, died at 86 in New Delhi on Saturday. He was a virtual number two in Rajiv s Cabinet; a reckless demolition man who dismissed state governments almost at will. Buta s in-house rivalry with Giani Zail Singh played havoc in the politics of the home state of Punjab.