Former Punjab Congress MLA Tarlochan Singh Soondh passed away on Saturday evening following a heart attack. He was 70.

Soondh, a two-time legislator from the Banga Assembly constituency, was in Tarn Taran in connection with the November 11 byelection, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said.

“Senior Congress leader and former MLA Tarlochan Singh Ji, who was working tirelessly for the Tarn Taran election, has left us forever after suffering a heart attack,” said Warring in a Facebook post.

Warring said a roadshow scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled in view of Soondh’s death.

Soondh was elected MLA from Banga in the 2002 and 2012 Assembly elections. He had unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Assembly poll.

Congress MLA Pargat Singh also expressed grief over the death of

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