Bakhshish Singh Virk | |
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Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Preceded by | Zile Ram Chochra |
Succeeded by | Shamsher Singh Gogi |
Constituency | Assandh |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Behlalpur,Karnal,Haryana,India | 27 July 1957
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Davinder Kour |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Assandh,Haryana |
Profession |
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Bakhshish Singh Virk (born 27 July 1957) is an Indian politician and a former Bhartiya Janata Party MLA from Assandh (Haryana) constituency. [1] [3] He defeated Bahujan Samaj Party's Maratha Virender Verma by 4,608 votes in 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. [4]
In August 2017, Virk was charged with attacking media personnel. [5]
Virk was born to Gulab Singh Virk in Behlalpur village in Karnal district of Haryana. [1] He did his matriculation from Govt. Senior Secondary School, Kachhwa in April 1973. [2] He is married to Davinder Kour with whom he has a son and a daughter. [1] He is a resident of Assandh. [2]