The memory of Sultan MLA Surendra Singh Jeena made Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat cry. In the state office, while he was sharing the memories of Jina with the media, he had tears in his eyes. He fluttered and said with a sore throat, brother sir …! That voice will never be heard now.
The Chief Minister said that he had visited the assembly segment of Jeena thrice. All three times I saw a great affection for Jina among people. He used to worry about poor and weak people. His departure is a big loss for state politics.
State BJP president Banshidhar Bhagat also looked emotional at the moment of tribute meeting. Bhagat said that Jina was so broken because of the death of his wife that he put his head on my shoulder and said, Bhai Sahab, I will never contest elections now.
Cabinet minister Madan Kaushik also looked extremely inconsolable after Jeena's departure. When media persons reached his residence, he could not complete his talk and his throat was stitched. Jina along with Kaushik went on a trip abroad to explore the possibility of metro. Jina was very fond of him.
People in his native village Nati Simaldhar (Tadikhet Block) are also mourned by the sudden demise of Surendra Jina, MLA from Ranikhet (Almora). Villagers said that MLA Jeena had come to the village 22 days ago. The villagers' eyes became moist as soon as the news of sudden demise was received on Thursday morning. The villager said that the state had lost a promising leader.
There are currently 34 families residing in Nati village. Jeena studied in Government Primary School, Simaldhar till class three. After this, that father himself. Pratap Singh went to Delhi with Jeena. His father was a film distributor in Delhi. Years ago, his family moved to Delhi.
Self MLA's cousin Govind Singh Jeena said that he was a sociable person. He used to come to the village. Just a few days ago, when he was going to Almora meeting, he also came to the village. He asked for all the villagers.
Self in village Jeena's ancestral house is maintained by the village's Khimuli Devi. All the villagers, including Chacha Chandan Singh Jeena, Bahadur Singh Jeena, Laxman Singh Jeena, Chandan Jeena, Khim Singh Jeena, Naveen Arya, had moist eyes. Many people, including Kshetra Panchayat members Ganesh Ram, Surendra Singh, Balam Singh, Trilochan, went to Neti to console their families.
