Rana Gurjeet Singh Explained

Rana Gurjeet Singh
Birth Date:19 April 1952
Birth Place:Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
Residence:Chandigarh
Assembly:Punjab Legislative
Constituency Am:Kapurthala
Term Start:March 2012
Predecessor:Rana Rajbans Kaur
Term Start1:March 2002
Term End1:March 2004
Successor1:Sukhjinder Kaur
Predecessor1:Raghbir Singh
Office2:Member of the Lok Sabha
for Jalandhar
Term Start2:May 2004
Term End2:May 2009
Predecessor2:Balbir Singh
Successor2:Mohinder Singh Kaypee
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Rana Rajbans Kaur
Children:2, including Rana Inder Pratap
Date:17 May 2009
Source:http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4057

Rana Gurjeet Singh (born 19 April 1952) is an Indian politician. He is a member of Indian National Congress.

Political career

Singh is currently serving as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Kapurthala Assembly constituency in Punjab. He represented the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab from 2004 to 2009. He has also served as a cabinet minister in Punjab Government.

Controversy

On 25 December 2016, a criminal complaint against Singh was filed for an alleged assault against Kulwinder Singh Babbal, Bholath Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly election. However, Ranjit Singh Rana went to become INC candidate from Bholath.[1] Later, Rana Gurjeet Singh claimed on 29 December that the complaint was filed on behalf of a Shiromani Akali Dal leader. Accused of pocketing sand mine contracts worth crores on his staff's names, Punjab Power & Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh has finally resigned in January 2018.

MLA

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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Case at behest of Akali leader: Congress MLA | Chandigarh News . . 29 December 2016.
  2. News: 16 March 2022 . AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister . en-IN . The Hindu . 22 March 2022 . 0971-751X.