Akali Dal veteran and 3-time MLA Tota Singh passes away at 81
Having won the polls two times from Moga and once from Dharamkot, he was a close confidant of SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal.
Tota Singh (left) is survived by wife, three sons and a daughter. (File Photo) Three-time MLA and a dyed-in-wool Akali Dal leader ‘Jathedar’ Tota Singh (81) passed away at a private hospital in Mohali on Saturday.
Family sources said that he was suffering from complications that arose from lung pneumonia since February. He was re-admitted to the hospital two days back after complaints of breathlessness and other issues.
Having won the polls two times from Moga and once from Dharamkot, he was a close confidant of SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal. He had also participated in several ‘morchas’ led by Akali Dal for rights of Punjab and had been jailed over it.
Former education and agriculture minister during different tenures of the SAD government, he had started his political career as sarpanch of his village Didar Singh Wala in the Nihal Singh Wala division of Moga district.
Tota Singh (extreme left) with Parkash Singh Badal. (File Photo)
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