Som Parkash

Som Parkash
MLA, Punjab
In office
2012 - Present
Preceded by Swarna Ram
Constituency Phagwara
Personal details
Born

Vill. Daulatpur,

District Nawanshahr Punjab
Political party Bharatiya Janta Party
Residence Phagwara, Kapurthala

Som Parkash is a current politician and former IAS officer in Punjab, India and belongs to the Bharatiya Janta Party. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represent Phagwara.[1] He is also a former deputy commissioner of Jalandhar.[2]

Family

His father's name is Hazara Ram.[3]

Political career

Som Parkash first unsuccessfully contested for Lok Sabha during Indian general elections in 2009 from Hoshiarpur constituency[2] Due to corruption charges, sitting MLA from Phagwara Swarna Ram was dropped from the state cabinet, which led BJP to look for a new candidate and Som Parkash was appointed as BJP candidate in 2012 Punjab elections. He successfully contested and became member of Punjab Legislative assembly.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Members of Legislative Assembly - BJP Punjab". Punjab BJP. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 "In Phagwara, all parties may turn to former govt officials for Assembly polls". IndianExpress. Nov 18, 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "MyNeta Profile". Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 July 2013.


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