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Ranchi, Feb.25: The eighth budget session of the fifth assembly, which came in motion at 11.07 am today, was adjourned till Monday 11am after the governor addressed the house and a condolence resolution was passed.
Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto, Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam, MLAs Biranchi Narayan, Pradeep Yadav and other MLAs read the condolence motion in the house. Tributes were paid to the artists, social workers, litterateurs, politicians and dignitaries who have passed away till this session from the last session.
The list included Lata Mangeshkar, Kamal Kishore Bhagat, Dr. Gaurishankar Rajhans, Mahendra Prasad, Birju Maharaj, Bappi Lahiri, Rahul Bajaj, Praveen Kumar Sobti, Ashutosh Koiri and Kamal Khan among others including Shakuntala Devi, Shanti Bhusan Tirkey, soldiers martyred in Bijapur and Arunachal Pradesh besides others.
Remembering Lata Mangeshkar for her song ‘E Mere Vatan Ke logon’ legislator Pradeep Yadav said the song was heavier than the salute of 100 cannons to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the Indo-China war. He said each word gives life to the people of the country. Legislator Kamlesh Kumar Singh compared Lata with Saraswati saying he still remembers her in that form. Legislator Saryu Roy while speaking on condolence motion also remembered victims of illegal mining and the mob lynching victim at Hazaribagh.