100 of six-time MP Raghunandan Lal Bhatia from Amritsar. Died at the age of

Senior Congress leader and six-time MP from Amritsar, Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, died after a brief illness, his family members said on Saturday. He was 100. Raghunandan Bhatia died in a private hospital here on Friday night and is survived by his son Ramesh Bhatia, daughter Saroj Munjal and younger brother JL Bhatia

. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from the Amritsar parliamentary constituency in 1972, and again as a member of the Indian National Congress in 1980, 1985, 1992, Re-elected from the same seat in the 1996 and 1999 elections. Raghunandan Bhatia also served as the Governor of Kerala from 2004 to 2008 and as the Governor of Bihar from 2008 to 2009. He also served as the Minister of State for External Affairs in 1992.

 He served various functions as a senior member of Congress. Posts in the party including the post of Punjab unit president and general secretary. Punjab Congress leader and MLA Raj Kumar Verka expressed grief over the death of Raghunandan Bhatia and said he was the ‘Bhishma Pitamah’ of Indian politics. .