Beant Singh becoming the Chief Minister was a major event in the history of Punjab, because assembly elections were held in the state after 5 years of President's rule.
Responding to Channi's comment “Bittu Ji, your grandfather was a martyr, but he died when you left the Congress", Ravneet Singh Bittu, a state minister in the NDA government, responded that his grandfather didn't die for the Congress party, but for the nation.