Raj Sadosh/Abohar
Hundreds of people turned up at Sangam Palace to pay final tributes to former SDM and veteran social activist B.L. Sikka. They expressed sympathies to his daughters- Komal and her husband Panchkula-based industrialist Vipul Ghai, Anjali and her husband Sanjeev Berry Additional Judge Punjab and Haryana High Court and Anuradha and her husband Vimal Setia IAS, Registrar Cooperative Societies Punjab.
(SUBHEAD)Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar, Jalalabad MLA Jagdeep Goldy Kamboj, former MLAs Dr. Mohinder Rinwa, Gurtej Singh Ghuriana, Hansraj Josan and Arun Narang, Fazilka Deputy Commissioner Dr. Senu Duggal, Mayor Vimal Thatai, Senior Session Judge Fazilka Jatinder Kaur, Senior Session Judge Mohali Harpal Singh, Senior Session Judge Kapurthala A.S. Randhawa, Moga CJM Amrish Kumar, Fazilka CJM Amandeep Singh, Local Judges Satish Kumar Sharma, Rajan Aneja, Arjun Singh, Rubina Josan, Jaspreet Kaur and Mandeep Kaur, Bar Association local President Lakhwinder Singh Sidhu, Beopar Mandal state vice president Vinod Sharma offered floral tributes. The Amrit Vani path was led by Dr. Jaswant Singh.
The dignitaries said that B.L. Sikka, through social organizations Punjabi Sabhyachar Manch Abohar and Shaheedon-ki-Samadh Committee Fazilka had been organizing functions on the birthdays and Balidan Diwas of martyrs, to acquaint the new generation of the country's freedom movement. As a member of the Legal Services Authority, he helped many poor people to get justice. Lekhak Parishad president Raj Sadosh threw light on the departed activist’s life and achievements.
Sikka's niece Pooja, in her concise address, spoke emotionally about his hold on Urdu poetry and his resolve to do something every moment for the society
