Former Muktsar MLA and SGPC member Sukhdarshan Marar dies of Covid

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 13

Muktsar ex-MLA Sukhdarshan Singh Marar, an SGPC member, died on Saturday of Covid at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot.

A septuagenarian, Marar was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night.

A close aide of Marar said the cremation would be held at Madahar Kalan village on Sunday.

Marar, a resident of Madahar Kalan village here, had joined the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and PCC chief Sunil Jakhar in 2019.

He was elected as an Independent MLA in 2002 by defeating former CM Harcharan Singh Brar of the Congress. After a short while, he joined the Congress.

In 2007, he contested the state election as SAD candidate from Muktsar, lost to Kanwarjit Singh ‘Sunny’ Brar (son of Harcharan Singh Brar) of the Congress.

Then in 2017, Marar as an independent contested the Assembly election from Muktsar against Congress nominee Karan Kaur Brar (daughter-in-law of Harcharan Singh Brar) in 2017, but both lost to SAD’s Kanwarjit Singh ‘Rozy Barkandi’.