Sunil Kumar Jakhar | |
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President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab | |
Assumed office 4 July 2023 | |
Preceded by | Ashwini Sharma |
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
In office 15 December 2017 –23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Vinod Khanna |
Succeeded by | Sunny Deol |
Constituency | Gurdaspur |
President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee | |
In office April 2017 –18 July 2021 | |
Preceded by | Amarinder Singh |
Succeeded by | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 14 March 2012 –11 December 2015 | |
Preceded by | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal |
Succeeded by | Charanjit Singh Channi |
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2002–2017 | |
Preceded by | Ram Kumar Goyal |
Succeeded by | Arun Narang |
Constituency | Abohar |
Personal details | |
Born | Panjkosi,Punjab,India | 9 February 1954
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1990 –2022) |
Parent | Balram Jakhar |
Residence(s) | Panjkosi,Punjab,India |
Sunil Kumar Jakhar (born 9 February 1954) is an Indian politician and president of the Bharatiya Janata Party,Punjab unit since 4th July 2023. [1] Previously,Jakhar was the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee from 2017 to 2021. Elected consecutively three times from Abohar Assembly constituency (2002-2017),he was a Leader of the opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2012 to 2017. He was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) for five decades until 2022. In May 2022,he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),claiming that he wanted to support "nationalism,unity and brotherhood in Punjab". [2] Earlier,Jakhar was elected as a Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur constituency to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election in 2017. [3]
Jakhar was born on 9th February 1954 in Panjkosi village of Fazilka district in Punjab and his family belongs to Hindu Jat community. [4] His father was Balram Jakhar,a prominent Indian politician of the Congress party,who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and founded the Bharatiya Krishak Samaj,a farmers' organization. Sunil Jakhar is the youngest of his father's three sons. Jakhar's eldest brother,Sajjan Kumar Jakhar served as a minister in the Beant Singh's Punjab government (1992-1995). His other brother,Surinder Jakhar,served as chairman IFFCO for four terms before his accidental death in 2011. [5]
Sunil Jakhar obtained a bachelors BA degree from the Government College,Chandigarh;and did his post graduate MBA program from Kurukshetra University. [6]
Jakhar first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Abohar Assembly constituency in 2002. In 2007 and 2012,he was re-elected from Abohar. He became a member of parliament after winning a by-election in Gurdaspur. He left the Indian National Congress on 14th May,days after receiving a notice from Congress High-Command. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 19 May 2022 in Delhi. On July 4,2023,Jakhar was made the president of BJP Punjab. [1]
According to some political analysts,Sunil Jakhar’s strengths are related to his ‘clean-image’,articulate approach,and polite attitude. [4]
On 7 January 2017,Jakhar sent a complaint to the Punjab chief election officer alleging that local Shiromani Akali Dal leader Shivlal Doda and his nephew Waris / others used seven different mobile numbers while in a Fazilka prison. [7]
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