Gurdaspur, July 16

Former speaker and senior SAD leader Nirmal Singh Kahlon (79) dies in sleep.

He was a minister of Rural Development and Panchayats state of Punjab from 1997 to 2002 and Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012. He was charged in a recruitment scam case, but was later acquitted by the courts.

Former Punjab speaker and senior SAD leader Nirmal Singh Kahlon dies at 79
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