Joginder Pal Pandey was a leader of

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from

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. He was a member of

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and a minister. He was killed by militants in 1987.Sikh Extremists Kill Eight in New Attacks, Police Say
/ref> After his death, his son Rakesh Pandey was elected as the MLA from Punjab.

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