Muktsar, May 18

Gurraj Singh Fattanwala, 77, the maternal uncle of Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, passed away today following a prolonged illness.

The family said he was admitted to a Bathinda hospital a few days ago.

A resident of Muktsar town, Fattanwala had unsuccessfully contested the Assembly election as a SAD candidate in 1985. He had lost by a narrow margin to former CM Harcharan Singh Brar’s wife Gurbrinder Kaur. His father Harchand Singh Fattanwala was elected MLA from Muktsar in 1980. — TNS