President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jagmohan Dalmiya, industrialists Anil Salgaonkar and Vishwasrao Dhempe among other veterans consisting of authors, film celebrities and freedom fighters. The legislators from across the party lines paid rich tributes to them through short speeches spelling out their achievements in respective fields. The recent death of former Jammu & Kashmir CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was also condoled on the first day of the assembly session.
