HP Assembly adjourned after paying tribute to Jayalalithaa

The Himachal Pradesh Assembly, the winter session of which commenced today, was adjourned after the House paid homage to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and former state minister Ishwar Dass Dhiman, who died in November.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Leader of the Opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal, Ministers and members paid rich tributes to departed leaders and observed two minutes silence.
Singh and Dhumal described former chief minister J Jayalalithaa as an able leader who was not only loved by the people of her state but had earned a name for herself in national politics.
Joined by other members, they also paid tributes to former minister and six times MLA from Bhoranj Ishwar Dass Dhiman.

Dhiman had earned the distinction of winning for the same seat six times and serving as education minister twice. He was not only an able teacher but also earned a place for himself as an honest, hardworking and popular leader, they said.