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Sunil Kumar Jakhar
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President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2017
Preceded byAmarinder Singh
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2002 - 2017
Preceded byRam Kumar Goyal
Succeeded byArun Narang
ConstituencyAbohar
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
14 March 2012 - 11 December 2015
Preceded byRajinder Kaur Bhattal
Succeeded byCharanjit Singh Channi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
15 December 2017 – 18 June 2019
Preceded byVinod Khanna
Succeeded bySunny Deol
ConstituencyGurdaspur
Personal details
Born (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70)
Pankosi, Punjab, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Pankosi, Punjab, India

Sunil Kumar Jakhar (born 9 February 1954) is an Indian Politician and President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Elected consecutively three times from Abohar constituency (2002-2017), he was a Leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Indian National Congress(INC).[1] He was elected from Gurdaspur, Punjab to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election.[2]

Political career

He first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Abohar in 2002. In 2007 and 2012, he was re-elected from Abohar. he became member of parliament after winning a by-election in Gurudaspur.

Controversy

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 used seven different mobile numbers while in a Fazilka prison.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Our Representatives". ppcc.in.
  2. ^ "Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin". Vibhor Mohan. Times of India. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/punjab-mla-sunil-jakhar-lodges-fresh-complaints-against-sads-shiv-lal-doda-nephew/articleshow/56392408.cms
Lok Sabha
Preceded by Member of Parliament
Gurdaspur
2017 – 2019 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by President
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
2017 – present 		Incumbent
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