Chandigrah,
\nCongress President Rahul Gandhi today expressed grief over the sad and untimely death of young and promising Congress leader Gobind Khatra.<\/p>\n
Mr Gandhi spoke to the family members over phone while expressing his profound grief over the sad demise. He said, Gobind was a promising leader and his death had caused immense loss not only to the family, but the party as well.<\/p>\n
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder while expressing his condolences to the bereaved family, said, he stood by them in this hour of grief.<\/p>\n
Gobind Khatra, 30 years, passed away after brief illness at PGIMER, Chandigarh on Tuesday. He was the grandson of veteran senior Akali leader and transporter Pritam Singh Khatra.<\/p>\n
Gobind started his political career from his college days and became the Chairman of SOPU in 2007. From the year 2009-2013, he remained the state president for NSUI and All India general secretary from 2013-2018.<\/p>\n
Currently he was the Incharge for NSUI affairs of Haryana, Goa, Orissa, JNU, Uttarkhand, Andhra Pradesh and a member of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC).<\/p>\n
Prior to the previous Vidhan Sabha elections in the state, Gobind remained Convenor of Captain Amarinder Singh\u2019s volunteer programme \u2018Jaggo Punjab\u2019 in 2016-17.<\/p>\n
His sudden demise has led to a pall of gloom in Khatra family as well as the Amargarh constituency of Sangrur district, where he had worked hard for the last several years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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