Harbhajan Singh ETO is an Indian politician and the MLA from Jandiala Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2] He became an Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) in 2012 but he took voluntary retirement from the post of ETO in 2017 and he contested election from Jandiala constituency in 2017. He secured 33912 votes in 2017 and was among the highest vote gatherers in Majha region of Punjab in 2017. In 2022 he won from the same constituency with a margin of almost 25,000+ votes defeating working president and sitting MLA Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala.[3]
Harbhajan Singh ETO | |
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| Cabinet Minister for Power and Energy, Government of Punjab | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
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| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sukhwinder Singh Danny |
| Constituency | Jandiala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Punjab, India |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Member of Legislative Assembly
editSingh was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Jandiala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. 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.[4] He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[5][6] Eight ministers including Singh who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[7]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Singh was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[8]
- Department of Power
- Department of Public Works
Power minister
editFulfilling their election promise of providing free electricity, from 1 July the people in Punjab would get 300 units of free electricity. 73.39 lakh domestic consumers were estimated to benefit from the scheme.[9]
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Harbhajan Singh E.T.O.[10] | 59,724 | 46.41 |  19.24
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| INC | Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala | 34,341 | 26.69 |  15.81
| |
| SAD | Satinderjit Singh Chhajjalwaddi | 26,302 | 20.44 | 7.3
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| SAD(A) | Bakhshish Singh Uppal | 3,361 | 2.61 | New | |
| Independent | Gurnam Singh Daud | 1,315 | 1.02 | New | |
| BSP (A) | Hardeep Singh | 577 | 0.45 | 0.09
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| PLC | Gagandeep Singh A.R. | 512 | 0.4 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 918 | 0.71 | ||
| Majority | 25,383 | 19.72 | |||
| Turnout | 1,28,681 | ||||
| Registered electors | [11] | ||||
| AAP gain from INC | |||||
References
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- ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ The Indian Express (20 March 2022). "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Beginning today, people in Punjab to get 300 units of free power each month". Tribuneindia News Service. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 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.