Dehradun, May 20 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 19 May: Speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly Ritu Khanduri Bhushan has expressed profound grief over the passing away of her father, former Chief Minister and Maj Gen (Retd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri. In a deeply personal message, she has described the loss not merely as that of a parent but of her greatest source of strength, guidance and inspiration. She said words fail her at this moment of bereavement, as she bids farewell to the figure under whose shadow she learnt the meaning of duty, discipline and service.

She recalled that the life of BC Khanduri was not the story of one individual but a saga of complete dedication to the nation. Born on 1 October 1934, his journey spanned the batt...