Fauja Singh Sarari also known as Fauja Singh Rana is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Guru Har Sahai Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[2] He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[3][4] He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[5][6][7]
Fauja Singh Sarari | |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab | |
| In office 5 July 2022 – 7 January 2023 [1] | |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Ministry and Departments |
|
| Succeeded by | Chetan Singh Jauramajra |
| MLA, Punjab | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi |
| Constituency | Guru Har Sahai |
| Majority | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Guru Harsahai |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Residence | Punjab |
Member of Legislative Assembly
editHe represents the Guru Har Sahai Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab 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.[8]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Undertakings[9]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Privileges[10]
Cabinet Minister
edit5 MLAs including Fauja Singh Sarari 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. Fauja Singh Sarari was among the inducted ministers and was given the charge of following departments.[12]
- Freedom Fighters
- Defence Services Welfare
- Food Processing
- Horticulture
Allegations
editOn 11 September 2022 opposition politician Sukhpal Singh Khaira levelled allegations of corruption against Minister Fauja Singh while sharing an audio call recording clip on Twitter.[13]
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Fauja Singh Sarari[14] | 68,343 | 49.02 |  38.56
| |
| SAD | Vardev Singh | 57,769 | 41.44 |  0.29
| |
| INC | Vijay Kumar | 5,578 | 4 | 41.97
| |
| BJP | Gurpervez Singh | 3,988 | 2.86 | New | |
| SAD(A) | Jatinder Singh Thind | 1,208 | 0.87 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 443 | 0.32 | 0.21
| |
| Majority | 10,574 | 7.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,38,491 | ||||
| Registered electors | 172,641 | [15] | |||
References
edit- ^ "Fauja Singh Sarari resigns as minister".
- ^ "Punjab Elections: They came, they saw, they won hearts and seats". The Indian Express. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Aam Aadmi Party releases its ninth list of five candidates in Punjab". Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "APP announces 3 more candidates for upcoming Punjab assembly polls". Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sukhpal Singh Khaira Tweet".
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
edit- "Election Commission of India". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 March 2022.