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Tributes to Surjeet had stuff between the lines
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BUNDALA: Some of the tributes seemed too dubious for any dedicated Marxist. General secretary of the CPI (M) Prakash Karat said all that had recently happened in Parliament would never have come to pass had the legendry leader been active at the time. What this meant was not lost on lovers of ideology as Karat addressed the thousands of people who had turned up for the “shradhanjali samaroh” organised for Surjeet in his village.

"He was a genius crisis manager,” Karat said. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal also paid tributes to Surjeet, calling him a true custodian of “Punjabiyat”. “I never saw him angry," he said. He did not care enunciate even a few steps that Surjeet took in life if he was indeed a "true custodian" of Punjabiyat.

Union Minister of State for Finance Pawan Bansal almost spilled the beans by saying Surjeet was the greatest adviser for Sonia Gandhi as far as Punjab was concerned. So far, this was only an allegation.

State BJP president Rajinder Bhandari said his party had ideological differences with the CPI (M), but on matters like corruption, scams and the fight against Emergency, the BJP had stood by Surjeet. “He was a man of principles,” he added. The BJP had recently characterised the latest stances of CPM as devoid of all principles.

Among others who paid tributes were Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal, former MP Jagmeet Singh Brar, Lok Bhalai Party president Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, Bahujan Samaj Morcha President Satnam Singh Kainth, CPI state secretary Joginder Dayal, former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra and Desh Bhagat Yadgar Trust chairman Gandharav Sain. CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat also attended the meeting, though she did not speak.