SAS Nagar, November 27 - District President of Government Teachers Union and State Press Secretary Surjit Mohali's father Pratap Singh Bains has passed away. Ravinder Singh Pappi, General Secretary of GTU, said that the recitation and final prayers for the soul of Surjit Singh Mohali's father will be held on Sunday, December 3 from 12:00 to 1:00 at village Sarhana (near Morinda) in district Ropar.

Deep grief has been expressed by GTU, PSSF and Joint Teachers' Front on the demise of S. Pratap Singh. GTU former leaders president Kuldeep Singh Sidhu, Jasmer Singh, Harnek Singh Mavi, Paramjit Singh Khizrabad, Gurpreet Singh Bath and Amrik Singh Chaklan present leaders Shamsher Singh, Guljit Singh, Sardul Singh, Gurmanjit Singh, Darshan Singh, Manpreet Singh, Avrinder Singh Pinky, Sandeep Singh, Baljit Singh, Baljit Singh Chumber, Harinder Singh, Amrik Singh, Ved Parkash, Ravi Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Manjit Singh, Gurpreetpal Singh, Rajesh Joshi, Harpreet Dharamgarh, Harpreet Singh, Bhupinder Singh Bhinda, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi , Gurwinder Singh from PSSF, Pradhan Karmapuri, Baj Singh Khaira, Jaswinder Singh Aulakh, ND Tiwari from Joint Teachers Front have expressed grief.