Six-time Amritsar MP Raghunandan Lal Bhatia dies at 100

Senior Congress leader and six-time MP from Amritsar Raghunandan Lal Bhatia passed away after a brief illness, his family members said on Saturday. He was 100.

Mr. Bhatia died at a private hospital here on Friday night. He is survived by his son Ramesh Bhatia, daughter Saroj Munjal and younger brother J L Bhatia, they said.

He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1972 from Amritsar and again from the same seat in the 1980, 1985, 1992, 1996 and 1999 elections as a member of the Indian National Congress.