Jai Krishan Singh Explained

Jai Krishan Singh Rouri
Assembly2:Punjab Legislative
Term Start2:11 March 2017
Term End2:Incumbent
Term Start:30 June 2022
1Blankname:Speaker
Birth Date:13 January 1983
Birth Place:Garhshankar, Punjab, India
Occupation:Politician, agriculture, photographer
Residence:Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur
Children:2
Party:Aam Aadmi Party
Nationality:Indian
Website:Members

Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly. He is second term MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Garhshankar Assembly constituency in Punjab, India, serving since 2017. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He won a second consecutive term in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election by margin of 4179 votes.

Early life

He worked as a farmer and a wedding photographer in Garhshankar.[1]

Political career

He contested the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket and defeated Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2022 he won in multi cornered election by a margin of more than 4000 votes.[2] On 30 June 2022 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Garhshankar Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2017. He was re-elected for a second term in 2022.[3] 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]

On 30 June 2022, he was unanimously elected as the Deputy speaker in the 16th Punjab Assembly. AAP member Baljinder Kaur had proposed his name.[5]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/165 Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
  2. Web site: Sharma. Manraj Grewal. AAPosition in Punjab House: A lineman, a taxi driver, and other ‘outsiders’. Hindustan Times. 24 March 2018. 18 March 2017. Jai Krishan Singh Rodi, 33, the AAP winner from Garhshankar, who defeated two-time Congress MLA Luv Kumar Goldy among others....
  3. News: Garhshankar (Punjab) Assembly Election Results 2022 Live: Winner, Runner-up . 30 June 2022 . The Indian Express . 9 March 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: Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is new Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly . 30 June 2022 . The Indian Express . 30 June 2022 . en.
  6. Web site: Vidhan Sabha . punjabassembly.nic.in.
  7. Web site: vidhan Sabha . punjabassembly.nic.in.
  8. Web site: Members . punjabassembly.nic.in . 27 January 2022.
  9. Web site: vidhan Sabha . punjabassembly.nic.in.