Former Lok Sabha speaker and Congress veteran Balram Jakhar passed away (video)

New Delhi : Former Lok Sabha speaker and Congress veteran Balram Jakhar’s son Sunil Jakhar said that his father died on Wednesday morning. He was 92.

Balram Jakhar served as the speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989.

Sunil, who is a former Punjab Congress Legislative Party leader said that the cremation will be held at his native village Panchkosi in Punjab’s Abohar town at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

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Balram Jakhar had suffered a brain stroke a year ago. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.

He was also the Madhya Pradesh governor from June 30, 2004 to May 30, 2009. He also served as the union agriculture minister during former prime minister P.V Narasimha Rao-led Congress government.