The Chhattisgarh Assembly was adjourned on the first day of the monsoon session, which began on Tuesday, after members of the house paid tributes to departed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vidyaratan Bhasin and former minister in undivided Madhya Pradesh Bhanupratap Singh, who also died last month, reported news agency PTI. The Assembly members observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed leaders and the Speaker then adjourned the House for the day. The four-day monsoon session of the state Assembly will conclude on July 21. Speaker of the house Charan Das Mahant mentioned the demise of Bhasin and Singh and after the obituary references, the House was adjourned for the day.
Meanwhile, BJP MLA Ajay Chandrakar also paid tribute to former Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy who died in Bengaluru in the early hours of Tuesday. 76-year-old Bhasin was a two-term MLA from Vaishali Nagar in Bhilai (Durg district) and he died at a hospital in Raipur after a prolonged illness on June 22.
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Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Leader of Opposition Narayan Chandel, former CM Raman Singh, Minister Mohan Markam and other members also paid homage to the departed leaders and recalled their contribution, reported PTI.
Baghel said Bhasin's death was an irreparable loss to Durg district and the entire state. He further stated Bhasin was a humble and soft-spoken person and he never discriminated against anyone on the basis of their political parties and ideologies.
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The CM said that Bhasin never allowed his bad health to affect his public life even though he was suffering from a serious ailment. Baghel also paid tributes to Bhanupratap Singh and remembered his contribution as a minister in the undivided Madhya Pradesh.