Bhagwant Singh Mann is an Indian politician. Since May 2014,he is the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha for Sangrur constituency,Punjab. He has also been a professional comedian who performs skits in the Punjabi language.
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. At present,it consists of 117 members,directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The current Speaker of the Assembly is Rana K. P. Singh. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.
Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties –Indian National Congress,Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). Since 1967,Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jatt Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population. Only exception was Giani Zail Singh,the Chief Minister of Punjab from 17 March 1972 to 30 April 1977 belonging to Ramgarhia community part of significant OBC community having population of 31.3 percent in the state. However Scheduled Castes (Dalit) community never had Chief Minister from community till 2021,as in September 2021 Chamkaur Sahib Mla Charanjit Singh Channi was appointed as Punjab's first Chief Minister from SC community. Other prominent party is Bahujan Samaj Party especially in Doaba region founded by Kanshi Ram of Rupnagar district. In 1992 BSP won 9 seats Vidhan Sabha elections. Also BSP won 3 lok sabha seats from Punjab in 1996 general elections and only Garhshanker seat in 1997 Vidhan Sabha elections. Communist parties too have some influence in the Malwa area. In the 2014 general elections,the first-time contesting Aam Aadmi Party got 4 out of 13 seats in Punjab by winning 34 of the total 117 assembly segments,coming second in 7,third in 73 and fourth in the rest 3 segments. The support for the Aam Aadmi Party increased in Punjab from 2014 to 2017 but declined in 2019. The current Government was elected in the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections and the Congress won 77 out of 117 Assembly seats with Captain Amarinder Singh as the Chief Minister. Captain Amarinder Singh resigned on 18 September 2021 and Charanjit Singh Channi became the Chief Minister.
Kulwinder Singh Gill,better known as Guggu Gill,is an Indian film actor who mainly works in Punjabi cinema. He was one of the leading actors in Punjabi cinema in the 1990s along with Yograj Singh. He has done 65-70 films so far.
The Government of Punjab,also known as the State Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government,is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive,led by the Governor of Punjab,a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Punjab state in northern India. This constituency came into existence as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in 2008.
Sukhpal Singh Khaira is an Indian politician.He is the member of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He was the founder of Punjab Ekta Party. He is a former leader of the Aam Aadmi Party and was the Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly. He was a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly from Bholath in 13th Assembly (2007-2012) and 15th Assembly (2017–present).
Gurpartap Singh Wadala is an Indian politician and belongs to the Shiromani Akali Dal. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represent Nakodar. He is son of former Akali MLA Kuldip Singh Wadala.
Harinder Singh Khalsa is an Indian politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Bathinda during 1996-98 as a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2014,he joined the Aam Aadmi Party and was elected as an MP from Fatehgarh Sahib. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in March 2019 but left the party in December 2020 to give his support to 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest.
Jarnail Singh is an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) politician. He was elected to the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 2013,in 2015 for Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and in 2020 for Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He is three times representative for Tilak Nagar constituency.
Shamsher Singh Dullo,is an Indian politician and former Lok Sabha M.P.
Sucha Singh Chhotepur is an Indian politician and Vice-President of Shiromani Akali Dal. He was born in Punjab. He was former state convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for Punjab. He is the former state Minister of Tourism and a former independent member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017. The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance comprising the political parties Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party and led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The voter turnout for the Punjab Assembly election was 77.2% The Indian National Congress led by former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh defeated the ruling alliance and the newcomer Aam Aadmi Party.
Garhshankar Assembly Constituency is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Hoshiarpur district,Punjab state,India. Currently,it is represented by Jai Krishan Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Raikot Assembly Constituency is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Ludhiana district,Punjab state,India.
Simarjeet Singh Bains is an Indian politician from the state of Punjab and a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Harpal Singh Cheema is an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Dirba Assembly Constituency located in Sangrur District,Punjab. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party just before the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He contested from Dirba Assembly Constituency against a popular Punjabi Kabbadi player Gulzar Singh Moonak from Shiromani Akali Dal and Ajaib Singh Ratolan from Indian National Congress.
The 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections will be held in February or March 2022,to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The term of the current assembly elected in 2017 will expire on 27 March 2022 unless dissolved sooner.
Pirmal Singh Dhaula is an Indian politician and a member of Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election,he was elected as the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Bhadaur Assembly Constituency. He resigned from his seat in June 2021 and joined Indian National Congress.
