Inderbir Singh Nijjar is an Indian politician and the MLA from Amritsar South Assembly constituency. He is current President of Chief Khalsa Diwan. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2][3][4] He is also elected as Protem Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Inderbir Singh Nijjar | |
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 Inderbir Singh Nijjar in 2022 | |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab | |
| In office 5 July 2022 – 31 May 2023 | |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Ministry and Departments |
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| Succeeded by | Balkar Singh |
| MLA, Punjab | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Inderbir Singh Bolaria |
| Constituency | Amritsar South |
| Majority | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Inderpreet Singh najjar Ajnala |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Education | Post Graduate |
| Alma mater | Goveronment Medical College Amritsar |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Doctor(MD) |
| Cabinet | Minister local bodies |
MLA
editThe 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. Nijjar was appointed the pro tem speaker of 16th Punjab legislative Assembly.[5]
- Member (2022–23) House Committee[6]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Questions & References[7]
Cabinet Minister
edit5 MLAs including Inderbir Singh Nijjar were inducted into the cabinet and their swearing in ceremony took place on 4 July 2022.[8] On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of his cabinet of ministers with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government. Inderbir Singh Nijjar was among the inducted ministers and was given the charge of following departments.[9]
- Local Government
- Parliamentary Affairs
- Conservation of Land and Water
- Administrative Reforms
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Inderbir Singh Bolaria | 47,581 | 50.96 | ||
| AAP | Inderbir Singh Nijjar | 24923 | 26.7 | ||
| SAD | Gurpartap Singh Tikka | 16596 | 17.78 | ||
| Independent | Maninder Pal Singh Palasour | 1343 | 1.44 | ||
| CPI | Lakhwinder Singh | 726 | 0.78 | ||
| BSP | Sushil Kumar | 446 | 0.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 723 | 0.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 148,809 | [12] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Inderbir Singh Nijjar[14] | 53,053 | 50.1 | ||
| SAD | Talbir Singh | 25550 | 24.13 | ||
| INC | Inderbir Singh Bolaria[15] | 22467 | 21.22 | ||
| PLC | Harjinder Singh Thekedar | 1566 | 1.48 | ||
| SAD(A) | Pritpal Singh | 1204 | 1.14 | ||
| RRP | Ritish Khanna | 64 | 0.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 632 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 27503 | 25.97 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 177,605 | [16] | |||
References
edit- ^ Menon, Aditya (10 March 2022). "Punjab Results: Who is Jeevan Jyot, AAP Candidate Who Defeated Sidhu & Majithia?". TheQuint. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Amritsar South Assembly election result, 2017". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 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.