A prayer made to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal at Bhagike village in Moga district on Friday. HT photo
On Friday evening, the CM reached Bhagike village and the
party would stand by the leader's bereaved family. Former legislator Bhagike, 90, had died of prolonged illness.
"Bhagike was a votary of the downtrodden and oppressed," said Badal. "The two-time former member of the legislative assembly (MLA) had worked tirelessly to strengthen the party at the grass-roots level."
Rajwinder Kaur Bhagike, daughter-in-law of the departed leader, is SAD MLA from Nihal Singh Wala at the moment.