Balbir Singh Sidhu (politician) explained

Balbir Singh Sidhu
Birth Date:1 April 1959
Birth Place:Tapa Mandi, Barnala, Punjab
Parents:S. Jang Singh and Smt. Ranjit Kaur
Spouse:Smt. Daljit Kaur
Children:1 Son and 1 Daughter
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (from June 2022 till 13 October 2023)
Otherparty:Indian National Congress (present)
Office:Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Labour, Punjab
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Capt. Amarinder Singh
Term Start:16 March 2018
Office1:Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:2007
Term End1:2012
Predecessor1:Bir Devinder Singh
Successor1:Jagmohan Singh Kang
Constituency1:Kharar
Term Start2:2012
Term End2:10 March 2022
Constituency2:S. A. S. Nagar
Term End:18 September 2021
Successor2:Kulwant Singh

Balbir Singh Sidhu is the former member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and was ex Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Labour in Punjab Government.[1] [2]

Career

He joined the Indian National Congress in the '90s and served as Joint Secretary, Vice president, and Senior Vice president of the Punjab Youth Congress Committee. He was also appointed in charge of Congress during Lok Sabha election 1999 in Punjab.

In 2007 Punjab assembly election he won from Kharar Assembly constituency by defeating Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Jasjit Singh.[3] Again won from S. A. S. Nagar Assembly constituency in 2012 and then in 2017 elections.[4]

He joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 4 June 2022 along with Raj Kumar Verka, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Sundar Sham Arora, and others at the party office in Chandigarh.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/120 Members
  2. http://punjab.gov.in/council-of-ministers Council of Ministers of Punjab
  3. https://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/kharar.html Kharar Assembly constituency
  4. https://resultuniversity.com/election/s-a-s-nagar-punjab-assembly-constituency S A S nagar Assembly election
  5. Web site: Tip of iceberg: Captain Amarinder Singh as Congress logs 5 defections in Punjab.