Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Explained

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Birth Date:1 February 1959
Birth Place:Dharowali, Punjab, India
Office:General Secretary of
AICC for Rajasthan
Term Start:December 2022
Predecessor:Ajay Maken
Office1:Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
Term Start1:20 September 2021
Term End1:16 March 2022
Predecessor1:Sukhbir Singh Badal
Alongside1:Om Parkash Soni
1Namedata1:Charanjit Singh Channi
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
Governor1:Banwarilal Purohit
Office2:Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab
Term Start2:March 2012
Term End2:4 June 2024
Constituency2:Dera Baba Nanak
Predecessor2:Nirmal Singh Kahlon
Office4:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start4:4 June 2024
Constituency4:Gurdaspur
Predecessor4:Sunny Deol
Party: Indian National Congress
Residence:Awakha, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (born 1 February 1959) is an Indian politician who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab. He is also a member of Indian National Congress and Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represents Dera Baba Nanak.[1] [2]

Early life

Sukhjinder Singh was born on 1 February 1959 at Dharowali village, tehsil Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district.[3] His father's name was Santokh Singh who served as Punjab congress chief twice and was one of the most senior congressmen of his time. Sukhjinder completed his Matric education from Government school Chandigarh in 1975.[4]

Political career

Randhawa first successfully contested Punjab Legislative Assembly from Fatehgarh Churian in 2002 defeating Akali dal's Nirmal Singh Kahlon.[5] In 2012, he was elected from new constituency Dera Baba Nanak.[6] He was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest as part of their decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[7]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Dera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. 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.[8]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MLA' S Punjab. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. 18 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130731015351/http://ppcc.in/?page_id=38. 31 July 2013. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Punjab Congress Crisis Live Updates: New CLP leader likely to be announced today. 2021-09-19. The Times of India. en.
  3. Web site: Personal information of MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. Punjab Legislative Assembly official website. 24 July 2019.
  4. Web site: Details of Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. Association For Democratic Reforms . 18 May 2013.
  5. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB. Election Commission of India. 18 May 2013.
  6. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB. Election Commission of India. 18 May 2013.
  7. Web site: SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation. 11 November 2016.
  8. News: 16 March 2022 . AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister . en-IN . The Hindu . 22 March 2022 . 0971-751X.
  9. Web site: vidhan Sabha . punjabassembly.nic.in.

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