| Lal Chand Kataruchak | |
| Native Name: | instead.--> |
| Office: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab[1] |
| Governor: | Banwarilal Purohit |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Bhagwant Mann |
| Subterm: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice: | Mann ministry |
| 2Blankname: | Ministry and Departments |
| 2Namedata: |
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| Term Start: | 19 March 2022 |
| Office1: | Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 16 March 2022 |
| Constituency1: | Bhoa |
| Predecessor1: | Joginder Pal |
| Birth Date: | age 51 years |
| Birth Place: | Punjab, India |
| Citizenship: | Indian |
| Party: | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Residence: | Village Kataruchakk |
| Education: | Matriculation |
| Occupation: | Social Workers |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
Lal Chand Kataruchak is an Indian politician and the MLA from Bhoa Assembly constituency. He belongs to vill Kataru Chak in Pathankot. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2] [3] He had been sarpanch of Kataru Chak village for six terms.
Kataruchakk was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. 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] Kataruchakk represented the Bhoa Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. 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 Kataruchakk who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[7]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry Kataruchakk was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[8]
On 28 April 2023, a controversy surrounded Lal Chand Kataruchakk when Congress sitting MLA from Bholath constituency Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a press conference at Jalandhar, accused him of allegedly appointing his son and other two relatives including son of his sister-in-law as personal staff. Lal Chand has denied these allegations while drawing flakes from all opposition parties including BJP.[9] [10]