Jaspal Bhatti dies in a road accident

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CHANDIGARH, OCT 25

          Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sudden and tragic demise of eminent actor and satirist Mr. Jaspal Bhatti (57) who passed away in a fatal road accident at Shahkot in Jalandhar district on early Thursday.

          Describing him as a multi-facet personality and a true son of soil, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Bhatti through his rare sarcastic humor and wit made enormous contribution in sensitizing the general public especially at the grass roots level in eradicating social evils from the society. 

 The Chief Minister said that Mr. Bhatti being an icon of budding artists especially the humorists across the country has left an indelible imprint on the television and Punjabi film industry due to his relentless efforts to relieve the stressed minds in the present melancholic society through his healthy comedy as a ‘laughter king’ and became a household name in comedy.

  Mr. Bhatti as a celebrated columnist also played a pro-active role in highlighting the social issues to the fore through his prolific writings.  Mr. Badal said in the death of Mr. Bhatti a void has been created in the arena of Punjabi film industry, TV and print media which was hard to be filled. 

          Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also wished a speedy recovery to his son Mr. Jasraj and others who were injured while travelling along with Mr. Bhatti on that fateful day.   

          Sharing his heart felt sympathies with the bereaved family, the Chief Minister prayed to the Almighty to grant eternal peace to the departed soul and give courage to family members, friends, relatives and millions of his fans to bear this irreparable loss.  

The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal,   expressed deep shock at  the tragic and untimely demise of  Mr. Jaspal Singh Bhatti.

Describing Mr. Bhatti as a unique artist, Mr. Badal said that he was a great satirist who always pointed out the menaces spread in our society and tried to leave an impact with his lucid but sharp comments. He said that with his death a void has been created in comedy world which could not be fulfilled. Mr. Badal prayed to Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the family members to bear this irreparable loss.

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today expressed profound grief over the sad and untimely death of noted actor and comedy star Jaspal Bhatti in a tragic road accident early Thursday.

In his condolence message Capt Amarinder said, it was too shocking to learn about the death of Jaspal Bhatti in such a tragic way. He pointed out, the man who made everybody laugh left everybody grieving at the end.

The PCC President said, he had known Jaspal Bhatti from the beginning of his career as he had proved to be an outstanding artist without any formal training. “He was actually a born genius whom we have lost unfortunately in such a tragic manner”, he remarked, “while adding I am sure his best was yet to come”.

Expressing his heartfelt condolences to his wife Ms Savita Bhatti, Capt Amarinder also prayed for the speedy recovery of her son Jasraj Bhatti, who was injured in the accident. He said, he and his party stood by the family under this hour of grief.

  Cabinet Ministers and Chief Parliamentary Secretaries of Punjab today expressed deep shock at  the tragic and untimely demise of renowned comedian  and satirist Mr. Jaspal Singh Bhatti.

In a joint condolence message, Mr. Chunni Lal Bhagat, Mr. Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Mr. Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Mr. Anil Joshi and Mr. Surjit Singh Rakhra (all Cabinet Ministers of Punjab) Mr. Mantar Sigh Brar, Mr. Sohan SinghThandal, Mrs. Mohinder Kaur Josh, Mr. Parkash Chand Garg and Mr. N.K. Sharma (All Chief Parliamentary Secretaries of Punjab) said that with his death a void has been created in comedy world which could not be fulfilled. They prayed to Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the family members to bear this irreparable loss.
Chandigarh Press Club, on behalf of Governing Council, has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad and sudden demise of Mr. Jaspal Bhatti.

The Governing Council on behalf of the members of the Chandigarh Press Club pray to the Almighty to provide eternal rest to his soul and bestow his entire family with the strength to bear the loss.