Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress, television personality and retired international cricketer. He is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in the state government of State of Punjab. Sidhu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 and contested the general election from Amritsar that year. He won the election and held the seat till 2014 winning also the next election. He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2016 from Punjab before he resigned from the position the same year and quit the party. In 2017, he joined the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Amritsar East. He lost in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Amritsar East Assembly constituency.
Surinder Singh Sodhi is a former field hockey player from India. He is famous for playing a major role in getting India the gold medal in 1980 Olympic games after a gap of 16 years. He played in the center forward position.
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. 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 Speaker of the sixteenth assembly is Kultar Singh Sandhwan. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.
Rana Gurjeet Singh is an Indian politician. He is a member of Indian National Congress.
Partap Singh Bajwa is an Indian politician having served as a member of the Lok Sabha representing Gurdaspur in Punjab from 2009 to 2014. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Punjab.
Balkar Singh Sidhu is an Indian politician and Punjabi singer. He is the Member of legislative assembly from the Rampura Phul Assembly constituency and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa 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.
Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria is an Indian politician and from the Indian National Congress. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represents Raja Sansi. He is a Punjab state cabinet minister holding the charges of the ministries of Revenue, Rehabilitation & Disaster Management and Water Resources.
Dr. Raj Kumar Verka is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represented Amritsar West as Indian National Congress member. He was also vice chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
Manpreet Singh Ayali is an Indian politician and leader of Shiromani Akali Dal in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, and is currently Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakha.
Smit Singh is an International Sportsperson, State Public Policy Advisor, Strategic Communications Expert and was Indian National Congress’s MLA candidate for Punjab Vidhan Sabha General Elections 2022. Singh studied at Somerville College, University of Oxford. Smit Singh had led multiple policy reforms implemented by the State Government of Punjab between 2018 and 2021, along with developing a Public Policy Model for the Economic Governance of the State that was publicly announced by the Chief Minister of Punjab (India) Charanjit Singh Channi in February 2022, to be the official manifesto that would be implemented after constitution of the next Government of Punjab.
Aman Arora is an Indian politician. He is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Sunam Assembly constituency, and is the co-president of the Punjab state unit of Aam Aadmi Party.
Baljinder Kaur is an Indian politician and member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency. She is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Avtar Singh Junior is an Indian politician and a member of INC. In 2017, he was elected as the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar North.
Jeevan Jyot Kaur is an Indian politician and the MLA from Amritsar East Assembly constituency. She is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. She defeated Navjot Singh Sidhu in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
Jagdeep Singh, also known by the name Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar or Kaka Brar, is an Indian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Muktsar Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
Inderbir Singh Nijjar is an Indian politician and the MLA from Amritsar South Assembly constituency. He is current President of Chief Khalsa Diwan. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is also elected as Protem Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Gurmeet Singh Khuddian is an Indian politician and member of Aam Aadmi Party. He is currently serving as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Lambi. He defeated SAD Veteran and Patron of Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal from Lambi in 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections. He is the son of former Member of Parliament Jagdev Singh Khuddian.
Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes declaration of results was done on 10 March 2022. The Fifteenth Punjab assembly was dissolved on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March. In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 92 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 18 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and independents. AAP MLA, Kultar Singh Sandhwan was announced as the speaker of the assembly.
