Ludhiana, February 7-2021 (Jan Shakti News)
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday mourned the sad demise of Ex- member Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Ramesh Chand Lakhanpal(76), father of Mr Rajneesh Lakhanpal, legal correspondent, The Tribune, Ludhiana, who passed away yesterday following a cardiac arrest in a private hospital at Ludhiana.
In his condolence message, the Chief Minister said that the outstanding services of Lakhanpal as Senior advocate in the legal cell of the Congress Party would be ever remembered by its rank and file.
Expressing heartfelt sympathies with the members of the bereaved family, relatives and friends, the Chief Minister prayed to the Almighty to give strength to bear this irreparable loss in this hour of grief and grant eternal peace to the departed soul.
Notably, Ramesh Chand Lakhanpal served as the former elected member Punjab Pradesh Congres Committee with Captain Amarinder Singh. He also remained Ex member of Telephone Advisory Committee and Sales Tax Advisory Committee.
Presently, he was also the Standing Counsel of Municipal Corporation and Improvement Trust,Ludhiana GLADA and PSPCL.
His cremation took place at the cremation ground behind KVM School, here today. It was attended by Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, MLA Rakesh Pandey, MLA Surinder Dawar, DCC President Ashwani Sharma, Press Secretary to CM Vimal Sumbly, DBA Ludhiana President Gukirpal Singh Gill, Vice President Parvinder Singh Pari, Secretary Gagandeep Singh Saini, Harish Rai Dhanda, former Bar Association President KR Sikri, Naval Kishore Chhibar, Parupkar Singh Ghuman, Senior Deputy Mayor Sham Sunder Malhotra, besides a large number of people from different sections of society.
