Rana Gurjeet Singh

Rana Gurjeet Singh
Rana Gurjeet Singh
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly; for Kapurthala
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; March 2012
Preceded by	Rana Rajbans Kaur
	In office; March 2002 – March 2004
Preceded by	Raghbir Singh
Succeeded by	Sukhjinder Kaur
Member of the Lok Sabha; for Jalandhar
	In office; May 2004 – May 2009
Preceded by	Balbir Singh
Succeeded by	Mohinder Singh Kaypee
Personal details
Born	19 April 1952 (age 72); Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Rana Rajbans Kaur
Children	2, including Rana Inder Pratap
Residence	Chandigarh
	As of 17 May 2009Source: [1]

Rana Gurjeet Singh (born 19 April 1952) is an Indian politician. He is a member of Indian National Congress.

Political career

Singh is currently serving as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Kapurthala Assembly constituency in Punjab. He represented the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab from 2004 to 2009. He has also served as a cabinet minister in Punjab Government.

Controversy

On 25 December 2016, a criminal complaint against Singh was filed for an alleged assault against Kulwinder Singh Babbal, Bholath Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly election. However, Ranjit Singh Rana went to become INC candidate from Bholath.^[1] Later, Rana Gurjeet Singh claimed on 29 December that the complaint was filed on behalf of a Shiromani Akali Dal leader. Accused of pocketing sand mine contracts worth crores on his staff's names, Punjab Power & Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh has finally resigned in January 2018.

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.^[2]

Electoral performance

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Kapurthala^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rana Gurjeet Singh	44,096	42.94	10.81
	AAP	Manju Rana^[4]	36,792	35.82	18.59
	BSP	Devinder Singh Dhapai	8,627	8.4	New
	BJP	Ranjit Singh Khojewal	6,745	6.57	New
	SAD(A)	Narinder Singh	3,807	3.71	3.13
	NOTA	None of the above	622	0.61	0.02
Majority			7,304	7.12	20.35
Turnout			1,02,700	68.51	6.18
Registered electors			149,885	^[5]
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "Case at behest of Akali leader: Congress MLA | Chandigarh News". The Times of India. 29 December 2016.
^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

External links

Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha − Parliament of India website

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[1] "Case at behest of Akali leader: Congress MLA | Chandigarh News". The Times of India. 29 December 2016.

[2] "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

[election2022-3] "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

[4] "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

[Punjab_Election_2022-5] "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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