Laljit Singh Bhullar Explained

Laljit Singh Bhullar
Office:	Cabinet Minister for Transport, Punjab
Governor:	Banwarilal Purohit
Subterm:	Chief Minister
Suboffice:	Bhagwant Mann
Term Start:	19 March 2022
Office1:	Cabinet Minister for Hospitality, Punjab
Governor1:	Banwarilal Purohit
Subterm1:	Chief Minister
Suboffice1:	Bhagwant Mann
Term Start1:	19 March 2022
Office2:	Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:	10 March 2022
Constituency2:	Patti
Mawards:	is not set -->
Preceded2:	Harminder Singh Gill

Laljit Singh Bhullar is an Indian politician and the Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly representing Patti. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Bhullar worked as volunteer in Aam Aadmi party. He defeated four-time SAD MLA Adesh Partap Singh Kairon and one-time Congress MLA Harminder Singh Gill in the 2022 election.^[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]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Bhullar was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Patti, Punjab 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 Bhullar who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.^[7]

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

1. Department of Transport
2. Department of Hospitality

Transport minister

In June 2022, CM Bhagwant Mann announced Volvo bus service between IGI Airport and different Punjab cities of the state. The tariff charged by the PRTC and PEPSU buses for the Airport were announced at half the rates being charged by the private bus operators. Mann said that this service would break the monopoly of a few families in bus business with political links.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. News: The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann’s cabinet ministers . 22 March 2022 . The Indian Express . 20 March 2022 . en.
2. 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.
3. News: Restoring bus service top priority: Laljit Singh Bhullar . 3 April 2022 . Tribuneindia News Service . 3 April 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: Punjab govt bus service to Delhi International Airport soon . 10 June 2022 . The Statesman . 27 April 2022.
10. News: Service . Tribune News . Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann aims to break monopoly of private bus operators; announces to ply buses to Delhi airport from June 15 . 10 June 2022 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.