Tikshan Sud Explained

Office:Minister Local Bodies
Government of Punjab
Term Start:15 May 2011
Term End:14 March 2012
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Prakash Singh Badal
Predecessor:Manoranjan Kalia
Office1:Minister of Commerce & Industry
Government of Punjab
Term Start1:15 May 2011
Term End1:14 March 2012
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Prakash Singh Badal
Predecessor1:Manoranjan Kalia
Office2:Minister of Medical Education
Government of Punjab
Term Start2:2 March 2007
Term End2:12 May 2011
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Prakash Singh Badal
Office3:Minister of Labour
Government of Punjab
Term Start3:2 March 2007
Term End3:12 May 2011
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:Prakash Singh Badal
Office4:Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Punjab
Term Start4:2 March 2007
Term End4:14 March 2012
1Blankname4:Chief Minister
1Namedata4:Prakash Singh Badal
Office5:Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Term Start6:1997
Term End6:2012
Predecessor6:Naresh Thakur
Successor6:Sunder Sham Arora
Constituency6:Hoshiarpur
Birth Date:19 September 1954
Birth Place:Hoshiarpur, Punjab
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma Mater:Panjab University

Tikshan Sood (born 19 September 1954) is an Indian politician who was elected for three consecutive terms to the Punjab Legislative Assembly, India, as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.

Early life and education

Tikshan Sud was born in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. He was educated at Panjab University, from where he was awarded Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Law degrees and also a Masters in Political Science. He married Rakesh Sud and has one son and two daughters and resides in Hoshiarpur.

Political career

Sud was the Secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Chandigarh from 1973 to 1976. In 1977, he became the President of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Hoshiarpur and presided up till 1980. Subsequently, he became the President of the Bharat Vikas Parishad, Hoshiarpur in 1983 and remained so up till 1990. He was the District President of BJP, Hoshiarpur from 1995 to 1997.

Elections contested

Year Constituency Votes polled (%) Name of primary opponent Political party of opponent Votes polled by opponent (%)
1997Hoshiarpur 49.37 (Won)Mohinder Pal 21.69
2002 Hoshiarpur 32.53 (Won) Naresh Thakur 32.11
2007 Hoshiarpur 44.52 (Won)Charanjit Singh 39.78
2012 Hoshiarpur 42.24 (Lost)Sunder Shyam Arora 47.95
2017 Hoshiarpur 31.43 (Lost) Sunder Shyam Arora 40.55

Sud was elected as MLA from Hoshiarpur constituency in the 1997 Punjab state assembly election and was inducted as State Minister for Excise & Taxation in SAD-BJP alliance Government in Punjab formed in 2000.[1]

Sud was re-elected as MLA from Hoshiarpur in the 2002 Punjab state assembly election and was inducted as BJP Group Leader in the Punjab legislative assembly and also became a member of the BJP National Executive. He was re-elected as MLA from Hoshiarpur in the 2007 Punjab state assembly election and was inducted as a Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Medical Education and Research, Forests and Wildlife Preservation wing of the Agriculture department and Labour.[2] Sud held all these portfolios simultaneously.

Sud lost the 2012 Punjab state assembly election but he was appointed the Political Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2013 to 2017.[3] [4] [5] He lost again in Hoshiarpur in 2017.

Notes and References

  1. News: Regional Briefs. The Tribune.
  2. News: Main News. The Tribune.
  3. Web site: Lok Sevak Mandal, Hosiarpur. sops.in.
  4. Web site: Home - Punjab, India & World News - Breaking & Latest - Yes Punjab . 21 May 2019 .
  5. News: Tikshan Sud appointed CM's political adviser. 6 September 2013. Hindustan Times.