Delhi's 1st Speaker Charti Lal Goel passes away
Charti Lal Goel, the first speaker of the Delhi Assembly and father of Union Minister Vijay Goel, passed away on Tuesday after prolonged illness. Goel, who served as the Speaker from 1993 to 1998, was also associated with Bharatiya Jana Sangh and was jailed in 1975 in the emergency. PM Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders have condoled his death.