Chandigarh- Former Finance Minister of Punjab Parminder Singh Dhindsa and his son carrying the body of Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa for cremation at Ubhawal village, near Sangrur, on Friday.
Veteran Akali leader and former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa was cremated with full state honours at his native Ubhawal village in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Friday.
Dhindsa died on Wednesday evening following age-related health issues at a private hospital in Mohali at the age of 89. His mortal remains were kept at his residence in Chandigarh on Thursday to allow people to pay their last respects, after which they were brought to Sangrur on Friday, where people turned out in numbers to pay their homage to the departed leader