Saravjit Kaur Manuke
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byS. R. Kaler
ConstituencyJagraon
Deputy leader of opposition Punjab
In office
May 2017 – 11 March 2022
Personal details
Born (1972-07-25) 25 July 1972 (age 51)
Jagraon, Punjab, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party

Saravjit Kaur Manuke (25 July 1972) is an Indian politician and the MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Jagraon Assembly constituency. She is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1]

The first time she contested election in 2017 on the ticket of Aam Aadmi Party and won. In May 2017 she was elected Deputy Leader of Opposition[2] in Punjab Assembly.

Early life

She has M.Com and M.A. in Economics, degrees.[3]

Political career

Saravjit Kaur Manuke was employed in the teaching profession at the beginning of her career. She then quit her job and joined the Aam Aadmi Party, founded by prominent Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal.

Member of Legislative Assembly (First term)

She contested the Jagraon Assembly constituency from the Aam Aadmi Party in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[4] She won the elections for the first time. She defeated former Punjab state government minister, vice-president of the Punjab state Congress committee and veteran politician Malkit Singh Dakha, who was twice elected as an MLA in the Punjab assembly.

Saravjit Kaur Manuke received 61,521 votes, which is 45.69% of the total votes cast.[5]

Aam Aadmi Party emerged as the main opposition party in the Punjab Assembly elections of 2017. Aam Aadmi Party secured 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in the Punjab Assembly elections of 2017. Saravjit Kaur Manuke was elected by the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab as deputy leader of AAP legislative party during the term of the Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly.[6] During her time in office, Harpal Singh Cheema was the Leader of the Opposition in Punjab.[2]

In June 2021, Manuke held hunger strike along with AAP activists to protest against the inaction of the Punjab government in the payment of post-matric scholarship amount of Dalit students. AAP Punjab president Bhagwant Mann said that the protest by AAP members had forced the Punjab government led by CM Amarinder Singh to release the funds amounting to 200 crore as 40% share of the amount that Punjab government had to pay.[7]

Her term ended with the dissolution of the Fifteenth Punjab assembly on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March.[8][9]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly[10]

Member of Legislative Assembly (Second term)

She was reelected from Jagraon in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. She defeated the SAD candidate, a former MLA and bureaucrat, by more than 39,000 votes.[11] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[12]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Social service

She is involved in social service outside politics. She is involved with the Jagran Economic Club.[citation needed]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Jagraon Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
Assembly Election 2017: 70. Jagraon[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Saravjit Kaur Manuke 61,521 45.69 New
INC Malkit Singh Dakha 35,945 26.69
SAD Amarjit Kaur Sahoke 33,295 24.72
Independent Avtar Singh Billa 1,564 1.16
NOTA None of the above 996 0.74
BSP Subedar Sadhu Singh Tappar 591 0.44
CPI(M) Baljit Singh 546 0.41
Independent Gurmit Singh 499 0.37
APP Jasvir Singh 396 0.29
Independent Gurminder Kaur 305 0.23
Majority
Turnout 135658 77.19
Registered electors 175752 [15]
AAP gain from SAD Swing


Assembly Election 2022: Jagraon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Saravjit Kaur Manuke 65,195 51.95 Increase6.26
SAD Shiv Ram Kaler 25,539 20.35 Decrease 4.37
INC Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal[17] 20,878 16.64 Decrease10.05
SAD(A) Parivar Singh Dalla 5,179 4.13 Increase 4.13
NOTA None of the above 1057 0.84
Majority 39656 31.6
Turnout 125503
Registered electors 184,819 [18]
AAP hold

References

  1. ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  2. ^ a b "AAP's new leaders after election".
  3. ^ a b Punjab Bio-profile of Assembly
  4. ^ Punjab Assembly constituency-Jagraon
  5. ^ Jagraon assembly election www.electionsinindia.com
  6. ^ "AAP removes Khaira, appoints Harpal Cheema as leader of opposition". The Tribune. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. ^ "AAP's dharna forced CM to release funds, says Mann". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Punjab Governor dissolves 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Punjab Cabinet recommends Governor for dissolution of 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  11. ^ Goyal, Divya (12 March 2022). "The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  14. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  15. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  16. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
Political offices Preceded by- Deputy leader of opposition in 15th Punjab Assembly 2017 – 2022 Succeeded byRaj Kumar Chabbewal State Legislative Assembly Preceded byS. R. Kaler Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jagraon Assembly constituency 2017 – Incumbent
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