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Rana Gurjeet Singh

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Rana Gurjeet Singh
Member of Parliament
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byBalbir Singh
Succeeded byMohinder Singh Kay Pee
ConstituencyKapurthala
Personal details
Born (1956-04-19) 19 April 1956 (age 68)
Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
Political partyINC
SpouseRana Rajbans Kaur
ChildrenTwo sons
ResidenceChandigarh
As of 17 May, 2009
Source: [1]

Rana Gurjeet Singh (born 19 April 1952) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Jalandhar constituency of Punjab and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. Rana Gurjeet Singh migrated to Punjab in the year 1986 and set up a kraft-based paper mill in dist. Ropar. He later went on the set up a sugar mill in Buttar Sivia village of Amritsar district and various other industries.

He has built a political career for himself when he won his first M.L.A. election in Kapurthala, Punjab. He has since been elected as a M.P. from Jalandhar and has won the Kapurthala MLA seat numerous times. He represents the constituency of Kapurthala today as an MLA and is a Minister in the Punjab cabinet.

On 25 December 2016, a criminal complaint against Singh was filed for an alleged assault against Kulwinder Singh Babbal, a potential INC candidate for 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.

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