Harbhajan Singh ETO explained

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Subterm:Cabinet
Suboffice:Mann ministry
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1Namedata:Bhagwant Mann
Term Start:19 March 2022
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Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. is an Indian politician and the MLA from Jandiala Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1] [2] He became an Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) in 2012 but he took voluntary retirement from the post of ETO in 2017 and he contested election from Jandiala constituency in 2017. He secured 33912 votes in 2017 and was among the highest vote gatherers in Majha region of Punjab in 2017. In 2022 he won from the same constituency with a margin of almost 25000+ votes defeating working president and sitting MLA Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala.[3]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Singh was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Jandiala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[4] He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[5] [6] Eight ministers including Singh who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[7]

As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Singh was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[8]

  1. Department of Power
  2. Department of Public Works

Power minister

Fulfilling their election promise of providing free electricity, from 1 July the people in Punjab would get 300 units of free electricity. 73.39 lakh domestic consumers were estimated to benefit from the scheme.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise . 10 March 2022 . Financialexpress . en.
  2. News: Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners . 10 March 2022 . Hindustan Times . 10 March 2022 . en.
  3. News: The Indian Express . The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers . 7 May 2022 . 20 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220507100844/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/the-playing-11-cm-bhagwant-manns-cabinet-ministers-7827473/ . 7 May 2022 . en.
  4. News: 16 March 2022 . AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister . en-IN . The Hindu . 22 March 2022 . 0971-751X.
  5. News: Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday . 18 March 2022 . Tribuneindia News Service . 18 March 2022 . en . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318092034/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-ministers-to-take-oath-on-saturday-378869 . live .
  6. News: 25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision . 19 March 2022 . NDTV.com . Press Trust of India . 19 March 2022 . 19 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220319125442/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/25-000-government-jobs-for-punjab-new-chief-minister-bhagwant-manns-1st-decision-2831372 . live .
  7. News: In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs . 19 March 2022 . The Indian Express . 19 March 2022 . en . 19 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220319064250/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/aap-finalises-names-of-10-ministers-in-punjab-giant-killers-ignored-7826232/ . live .
  8. News: Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power . 21 March 2022 . Tribuneindia News Service . 21 March 2022 . en.
  9. News: Beginning today, people in Punjab to get 300 units of free power each month . 1 July 2022 . Tribuneindia News Service . 1 July 2022 . en.

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