Kohli family announces date, timing, venue of ex Cabinet Minister Surjit Singh Kohli’s cremation
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 29,2024
The Kohli family has announced “the cremation of Surjit Singh Kohli, ex cabinet minister, Punjab will be held on August 31,2024 at 4:00 pm at Bir Ji cremation Ground, Rajpura Raod, Patiala.”
As per family sources, as some of the close family members are abroad that’s why the family has decided to do the cremation a day after tomorrow.”
Surjit Singh Kohli, 73 years old, father of aam aadmi party MLA Ajitpal Singh Kohli had died today morning after a long illness.
Surjit Singh Kohli was remained cabinet minister in Parkash Singh Badal led SAD-BJP government. He represented Patiala in Punjab vidhan sabha. He won the seat as shiromani akali dal candidate. He was also remained president of the Patiala (urban) unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Surjit Singh Kohli had won the Patiala (urban) seat for the SAD in 1997 and remained a cabinet minister. After that, he had lost thrice to Captain Amarinder Singh, who was ever time the CM Candidate of the Congress.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. His elder son Ajitpal Singh Kohli is AAP MLA from Patiala urban and younger son Gurjit Singh Kohli is a BJP leader.
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