Sukhpal Singh Khaira

Sukhpal Singh Khaira
Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
20 July 2017[1] – 26 July 2018[2]
Preceded by H. S. Phoolka[3]
Succeeded by Harpal Singh Cheema
Constituency Bholath, Kapurthala district
Personal details
Born (1965-01-13) 13 January 1965
Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Nationality Indian
Political party

Aam Aadmi Party since 2015

INC till 2015

Sukhpal Singh Khaira (born 13 January 1965) is an Indian politician of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a former member of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly of Bholath from 2017 to the present day.

Personal life

Sukhpal Singh Khaira is the son of veteran akali leader and former Punjab education minister Sukhjinder Singh Khaira.[4][5]

He did his schooling from Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. H.P)}

Political timeline

1994 - He was elected as Member Panchayat from Village Ramgarh, District Kapurthala.[6]

1997 - He joined the Youth congress and was appointed as vice president of Punjab Youth Congress.[7]

1999 - Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee appointed him as secretary of their organisation.[8]

2005 - He was appointed president of Kapurthala district's Congress committee (2005 to 2010).[9]

2006 - He became elected director of Central Cooperative Bank, Kapurthala.[10]

2007 - He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Bholath till 2012 under the Congress party, Kapurthala, Punjab after two failed attempts in 1997 and 2002.[11]

2009 - He was appointed as Punjab Congress Spokesperson and was reappointed in 2013, (he later resigned in 2014 from the post, owning moral responsibility for the "poor performance" of the party in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in the state).[12][13]

2015 - on 25 December Khaira announced his resignation from Congress party and declared his unification with the Aam Aadmi Party.[14]

2017 - on 11 March Sukhpal Singh Khaira won the Member of Legislative Assembly elections second time after failing in 2012 in his constituency of Bholath, however this time acting under the Aam Aadmi Party.

Popularity

In early 2015, Khaira became popular among social media users due to his fearless video series exposing and criticising misuse of government resources by existing SAD-BJP Government in Punjab.

Controversies

Sukhpal Singh Khaira admitted to meet Arvind Kejriwal in early 2015. According to media the meeting was in pretext to join AAP Punjab, but prominent leaders of AAP Punjab blocked the entry of Khaira into the Party.[15][16]

Allegations were made on Khaira that he was trying to protect trans-border Heroin smuggler Gurdev Singh, he rubbished the allegations and invited the enquiry.[17] However, in April, 2018, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Panel, constituted by Govt, declared that all 17 cases against Sukhpal Singh Khaira were falsely registered and demanded action against police officers. http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/cases-against-simranjit-mann-khaira-false-says-probe-panel/573567.html

References

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