Shahkot(Parteek Singh): Senior leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal including former CM of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal attended bhog ceremony of former minister and sitting MLA of Shahkot Jathedar Ajit Singh Kohar, who passed away on 4 February by a heart attack. The ceremony was organized in the grain market situated at Kohar Kalan village under high-security measures.
The native village of Jathedar Kohar resonated with the hymns and prayers as thousands of people were gathered there to pay tribute to the departed soul. Apart from former CM, SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal, Ex-Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, Akali Dal Women Wing President Bibi Jagir Kaur, Ex-Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa and MLA Nakodar Gurpartap Singh Wadala among many other Akali leaders were present on the occasion.
Many recalled his immense contribution to the betterment of Punjab since 1956, saying he had the humanitarian approach that led him to win assembly elections consecutively since 1997.
Former CM of Punjab said, “I had never thought of attending the bhog of Jathedar Ajit Singh Kohar, he was not only a single person but an institution”. Recalling the political journey of Kohar he said Jathedar Saab was grown step by step in his successful political career, he started from a sarpanch and held top ministries during the SAD regime. It takes a long time to become a person like him, not everyone can be Kohar.
Badal said there are various kinds of people some holds religious traits, some social and some political, but Kohar was the person possessing all three traits. He was a noble soul and recalled him missionary zeal in serving every section of the society, especially the poorest of the poor. Sardar Ajit Singh Kohar was one of the tallest Akali leaders of his time and would always be remembered for his services to Punjab and particularly the Doaba region, he added.
Paying tribute SAD supremo Sukhbir Singh Badal said that Jathedar Ajit Singh Kohar was not only a member of SAD but also a member of Badal family. He said that Jathedar was one of the most dedicated and loyal person of the party. The kind of quality and commitment level of such leaders is unbeatable, he added. Badal said that I had a meeting plan with Jathedar for the very next day of his demise; he was party’s ‘Jarnail’ in Doaba region, Sukhbir said.