Mohinder Singh Kaypee Explained

Mohinder Singh Kaypee
Birth Date:7 November 1956
Office:Member of Parliament
Term:2009 - 2014
Successor:Santokh Singh Choudhary
Party:Shiromani Akali Dal (2024- Present)
Otherparty:Indian National Congress (till 2024)
Nationality:Indian
Parents:Darshan Singh Kaypee

Mohinder Singh Kaypee, is an Indian politician and member of Shiromani Akali Dal.[1] Before, he was politically affiliated with the Indian National Congress.He is a Shiromani Akali Dal Candidate for Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency for the 2024 Indian general election.[2]

Early life

Mohinder Singh Kaypee was born into a Ravidassia[3] family to Darshan Singh Kaypee and Karan Kaur.[4]

Kaypee completed B.A L.L.B from Panjab University, Chandigarh and he is one of the prominent Dalit leaders in the Doaba region. He remained minister in the 1992 and 1995 Congress governments and was elected MP for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat in 2009 and unsuccessfully fought for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency in 2014.Kaypee has been elected as a Punjab State legislator three times—in 1985, 1992, and 2002—from the Jalandhar South assembly seat.Kaypee has a rich political legacy, and he is a second-generation politician. His father, Darshan Singh Kaypee, was a five-time MLA from Jalandhar who was killed by the militants in 1992.Mohinder Singh Kaypee's daughter is married to the nephew of senior Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi, who is the party's candidate from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat as well.[5]  

Politics

Notes and References

  1. News: Former Jalandhar MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee joins Akali Dal . 22 April 2024 . www.truescoopnews.com . en.
  2. News: Sukhbir Singh Badal announces party candidates for six Lok Sabha seats . 22 April 2024 . www.babushahi.com.
  3. News: Pre-poll maha Dalit wedlock in state . The Times of India . 7 September 2016.
  4. Web site: 2017-03-14. Is it end of the road for politically powerful Dalit clans of Doaba?. 2020-06-02. Hindustan Times. en.
  5. News: Former Punjab Congress chief Mohinder Singh Kaypee joins SAD, fielded from Jalandhar LS seat . 22 April 2024 . The Economic Times . 22 April 2024.
  6. Web site: 2014-02-14. Humble, but encore unlikely. 2020-06-02. Hindustan Times. en.
  7. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha. 2020-06-02. 164.100.47.194.
  8. Web site: Service. Tribune News. Chaudhary tries to pacify ex-MP Kaypee. 2020-06-02. Tribuneindia News Service. en.
  9. Web site: Service. Tribune News. Once Tech Edu Minister, Kaypee settles for chairman of its board. 2020-06-02. Tribuneindia News Service. en.