Dharamvir Gandhi

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2024

Punjab Front was a political party in India formed by merging various splinter groups, smaller regional forums, fronts and political parties led by MP Dharamvir Gandhi.

It is the official name given to the much-anticipated Mahagathbandhan (or Fourth Front ) which was formed in Punjab, India after a day-long series of deliberations by like-minded groups and political organisations. The announcement of the Front was made by Gandhi at the end of the "Round Table Conference" in Chandigarh on Sunday 26 September 2016. [7]

The party decided at a meeting in November 2016 to campaign for the enforcement of the Right To Education Act of 2009. The party claims that both government and private schools and colleges are guilty of discriminatory admission practices and are not managed in accordance with the law. [8]

In December 2016 the party announced fifteen candidates to contest the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. [9] [10] All of them lost the election. [11]

Nawan Punjab Party

Nawan Punjab Party
AbbreviationNPP
FounderDharamvir Gandhi
Founded11 March 2019 (2019-03-11)
Preceded by Punjab Front
Colours 
Alliance Punjab Democratic Alliance

Nawan Punjab Party is a Political party in Punjab established by Dharamvir Gandhi the then Member of Parliament from Patiala Constituency on 11 March 2019. [6]

Dharamvir Gandhi formed a Punjab Front in 2016 to contest 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. However his front failed to make any impact in election. [12] After this in 2019 before General election he formed Nawan Punjab Party and joined Punjab Democratic Alliance

2019 General election

Nawan Punjab Party candidate Dharamvir Gandhi contested only from Patiala Constituency. [13]

However party lost from this constituency and Dharamvir Gandhi stood at third place and got 161,645 votes and 13.72% vote share from this constituency. [14]

2024 General election

In 2024, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi joined Indian National Congress Party and contested from Patiala Constituency.

Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi won from Patiala constituency with 305,616 votes and 26.54% vote share from this constituency. [15]

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  13. ↑ It's royalty versus commoner in Patiala www.dailypioneer.com
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