Lok Sabha mourns death of MP, adjourned
March 10th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day Thursday to mourn the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Baliram Kashyap from Chhattisgarh.
As soon as Lok Sabha met at 11 a.m., Speaker Meira Kumar read out the obituary of Kashyap who died in Raipur early Thursday.
Kashyap, 75, was four-time member of the Lok Sabha from Bastar in Chhattisgarh. He has also been a minister in the Madhya Pradesh government.
Meira Kumar adjourned the house till Friday morning after members stood in silence to pay tributes to their deceased colleague.
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