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Hundreds bid adieu to former MLA Jassowal

LUDHIANA: Hundreds of people from various walks of life attended the cremation of former MLA Jagdev Singh Jassowal today.

Former MLA Jagdev Jassowal’s body being brought to the cremation ground in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune photo: inderjeet verma

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 23

Hundreds of people from various walks of life attended the cremation of former MLA Jagdev Singh Jassowal today.

Considered a Punjabi cultural icon, Jassowal died after a brief illness at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here yesterday.

Apart from prominent personalities related to the fields of art, culture, education and literature, former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Iqbal Singh; Maheshinder Singh Grewal, adviser to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, attended the ceremony.

The Vice Chancellors of Guru Kashi University and Central University of Punjab, JS Dhaliwal and Dr SS Johl; Punjab Agro Industries Chairman Amrik Singh Aliwal, actor Jaswinder Bhalla, former Punjabi Sahit Akademi president Gurbhajan Singh Gill and singers Ravinder Grewal, Bal Mukand Sharma, Dev Thrikewala, Harjit Harman and Inderjit Nikku were also there.

The hearse was brought to the cremation ground amid slogans of ‘Sabhayachar da Baba Bohad Amar Rahe’.

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