Jaswinder Singh Brar Explained

Jaswinder Singh Brar
Birth Date:18 May 1938
Death Place:Sandhwan, Faridkot, Punjab
Office:Leader of opposition in Punjab assembly[1]
Term Start:16 March 1972
Term End:2 October 1972
Predecessor:Major Harinder Singh
Successor:Prakash Singh Badal
Constituency:Kotkapura
Office1:Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly[2]
Term Start1:1972
Term End1:1980
Successor1:Bhagwan Dass
Predecessor1:Harcharan Singh
Party:Shiromani Akali Dal
Spouse:Manjit Kaur
Parents:S. Karnail Singh
Constituency1:Kotkapura
Office2:Minister of Cooperation,Government of Punjab
Term Start2:23 June, 1977
Term End2:12 February, 1980

Jaswinder Singh Brar was an Indian politician and was Cabinet minister of Punjab in Prakash Singh Badal ministry (1977–80).

Jaswinder Singh Brar was a Punjabi politician who became a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly twice by winning an assembly election in 1972 and then in 1977 from Kotkapura Assembly Constituency on the ticket of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 1972 he became the Leader of opposition but due to differences with high command he resigned and was succeeded by Prakash Singh Badal.

In 1977 when Shiromani Akali Dal formed the government in Punjab he became the Minister of Cooperation[3] and held the position until President's rule was declared in Punjab.

He also remained the President of All India Sikh Students Federation.

References

  1. page 200 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 22 July 2019.
  2. http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/kotkapura.html Punjab assembly constituency-Kotkapura
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=cyebnJdCFlEC&q=parkash+singh+badal+chief+minister Parkash Singh Badal: Chief Minister of Punjab – Google Books