Aman Arora is an Indian politician. He is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Sunam Assembly constituency and is the president of the Punjab state unit of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2][3]
Aman Arora | |
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab | |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Ministry and Departments |
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| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly[1] | |
| Assumed office March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Parminder Singh Dhindsa |
| Constituency | Sunam |
| Convener of Aam Aadmi Party Punjab | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Bhagwant Mann Budh Ram Singh (acting) |
| Co-convener of Aam Aadmi Party Punjab | |
| In office 10 May 2017 – 17 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Balbir Singh |
| In office 31 January 2019 – 22 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Balbir Singh |
| Succeeded by | Amansher Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1974 Sunam, Punjab, India |
| Children | One Daughter and One Son |
| Alma mater | Panjab University, Chandigarh |
Political career
editArora was elected from Sunam constituency for the first time as an MLA in the March 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election by a record 30,307 votes.[4] He was re-elected as an MLA from Sunam and defeated his nearest opponent Jaswinder Singh Dhiman of Congress with a margin of 75,277 votes.[5] He is the co-president of the Punjab state unit of AAP. The son of Bhagwan Das Arora, two-time MLA and Minister of Punjab, he joined politics at an early age and contested elections from Sunam twice, in 2007 and 2012, on the ticket of the Indian National Congress. In January 2016, after being influenced by Arvind Kejriwal’s politics of the common man, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
He became the co-convener of Aam Aadmi Party on 10 May 2017.[6] He resigned from this post after apology by Arvind Kejriwal from Bikram Singh Majithia.[7] In 2019 before 2019 Indian general election in Punjab he was appointed the chief of election campaign committee.[8]
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.[9]
Member of Legislative Assembly
editHe represents the Sunam Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly.
- Chairman (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts[10]
Cabinet Minister
edit5 MLAs including Aman Arora were inducted into the cabinet and their swearing in ceremony took place on 4 July 2022.[11] On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of his cabinet of ministers with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government. Aman Arora was among the inducted ministers and was given the charge of the following departments.[12]
- Information & Public Relations
- New and Renewable Energy Sources
- Housing and Urban Development
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Aman Arora | 72,815 | 47.38% | ||
| SAD | Gobind Singh Longowal | 42508 | 27.66% | ||
| INC | Daman Thind Bajwa | 30518 | 19.86% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 185,303 | [14] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Aman Arora[15] | 94,794 | 61.28 | ||
| INC | Jaswinder Singh Dhiman[16] | 19517 | |||
| SAD | Baldev Singh Maan | 12714 | |||
| None of the above | 1505 | ||||
| Majority | 75277 | 48.66 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [17] | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ^ "Aman Arora". Bio. Aam Aadmi Party. 2017.
- ^ "Aman Arora made Punjab AAP president, replaces Bhagwant Mann". The Tribune. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency Sunam www.elections.in
- ^ Sunam MLA 2022 www.punjabdata.com
- ^ "Bhagwant Mann: Bhagwant Mann appointed AAP's Punjab unit chief - The Economic Times". The Economic Times.
- ^ Bansal, Aanchal. "AAP: Bhagwant Mann resigns as AAP Punjab chief" – via The Economic Times.
- ^ "AAP's Aman Arora is campaign panel head - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann expands Cabinet, 5 MLAs inducted as ministers". Free Press Journal. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Cabinet expansion: Anmol Gagan gets tourism; Indervir Nijjar local bodies, Chetan Singh health". Tribune India News Service. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.