Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria
In office
2007 - 2022
Preceded byVir Singh Lopoke
ConstituencyRaja Sansi
MLA, Punjab
Revenue Minister, Punjab.
Rehabilitation & Disaster Management Minister, Punjab
Water Resources Minister, Punjab.
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceAmritsar, India

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.[1] He is a Punjab state cabinet minister holding the charges of the ministries of Revenue, Rehabilitation & Disaster Management and Water Resources.[2][3]

Early life

Sarkaria was born on 31 March 1956 in Amritsar to parents Narinder Singh Sarkaria and Amarjit Kaur.[2]

Political career

Sarkaria first contested for Punjab Legislative Assembly on Congress ticket from Raja Sansi in 1997 but was unsuccessful.[4] He again contested from Raja Sansi in 2002 as an independent candidate, but narrowly lost the election. He also contested the 2004 Lok Sabha election from Tarn Taran constituency.[5] However, he was successful during 2007 Vidhan Sabha elections, when he won from Raja Sansi with a big margin.[6] He was re-elected MLA for Raja Sansi in 2012.[1] He is elected MLA consecutively for the 3rd time in 2017 from Rajasansi constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly where he defeated Vir Singh Lopoke of the Shiromani Akali Dal. He was the Chairman of Punjab Mandi Board during Capt. Amrinder Singh's government.

He is also the Vice President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.

Sarkaria was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignations in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[7]

MLA

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.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Punjab Legislative Assembly - Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Punjab Vidhan Sabha/C-DAC Mohali. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ Sep 26, TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated. "punjab: 15 ministers, 7 new faces: Punjab CM Channi's new cabinet | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 June 2022.((cite news)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  5. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  6. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. ^ "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation". The Indian Express. PTI. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
Political offices Preceded by- Punjab Cabinet minister for Minister of Water Resources 2017–2022 Succeeded byBrahm Shankar Jimpa State Legislative Assembly Preceded byVir Singh Lopoke Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Raja Sansi Assembly constituency 2022 – Incumbent
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