Satnam Singh Kainth, was an Indian politician and founder of BSP (Kainth).
| Satnam Singh Kainth | |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Village Sotran, Tehsil Banga, District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar Punjab |
| Death Place: | Mohali, Punjab. |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency: | Phillaur Punjab |
| Term: | 1998-1999 |
| Predecessor: | Harbhajan Lakha |
| Successor: | Santosh Chowdhary |
| Office1: | Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly |
| Term1: | 25 February 1992 - 12 February 1997 |
| Predecessor1: | Gurbinder Kaur Brar |
| Successor1: | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal |
| Party: | Bahujan Samaj Party (till 1998) Bahujan Samaj Morcha (1998-2007)Indian National Congress (from 2007- till death) |
| Children: | 2 |
He was born into Chamar caste to Chanan Ram at Sotran, Nawanshahr (Punjab). He did B.A. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
He became MLA from Banga Assembly Constituency of Bahujan Samaj Party as well as the Leader of Opposition from 1992-97.
He formed his own faction of Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab.
In 1998, he became Member of Parliament from Phillaur constituency in Punjab and served till mid 1999.
He again contested the Punjab Assembly elections from Adampur constituency in 2012 and in 2017 from Banga constituency but lost subsequently.[1] [2] [3] [4]
He was Vice-President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and later died of brain hemorrhage on 14 January 2018.[5]