Sunil Kumar Jakhar

Sunil Kumar Jakhar
President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
2017 April- incumbent
Preceded by Amarinder Singh
member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2002 - 2017
Preceded by Ram Kumar Goyal
Constituency Abohar
Leader of opposition Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2012 - 2017
Preceded by Amarinder Singh
Personal details
Born pakistan
Political party Indian National Congress
Residence Panjkosi, Fazilka, Punjab

Sunil Kumar Jakhar is an Indian politician and President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC). Elected consecutively three times from Abohar constituency (2002-2017), he was a Leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Indian National Congress(INC).[1] He was elected from Gurdaspur, Punjab to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election.[2]

Political career

He first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Abohar in 2002.In 2007 and 2012, he was re-elected from Abohar. he became member of parliament after winning a by-election in Gurudaspur.

Controversy

On 7 January 2017, Jakhar sent a complaint to the Punjab chief election officer alleging that local Shiromani Akali Dal leader Shivlal Doda and his nephew used seven different mobile numbers while in a Fazilka prison.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Representatives". ppcc.in.
  2. ↑ "Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin". Vibhor Mohan. Times of India. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/punjab-mla-sunil-jakhar-lodges-fresh-complaints-against-sads-shiv-lal-doda-nephew/articleshow/56392408.cms
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Vinod Khanna		 Member of Parliament
for Gurdaspur
2017 – Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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