Rana K. P. Singh

Rana Kanwar Pal Singh (born 16 October 1957) is an Indian politician from INC and a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1][2] Currently he is the Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Rana Kanwar Pal Singh
Speaker of Punjab assembly
Assumed office
27 March 2017
GovernorV. P. Singh Badnore
Preceded byCharanjit Singh Atwal
ConstituencyAnandpur Sahib
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2002,2007,2017
ConstituencyAnandpur Sahib
Personal details
Born (1957-10-16) 16 October 1957
Jhandian, Punjab, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Shashi Rana
Children1 Son and 2 Daughters
ResidenceRupnagar
As of 26 June, 2018
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He belongs to a Prominent Katoch family of Distt. Ropar Punjab having vast lands in today's Punjab and in District Lyalpur of pre partitioned Punjab. After completing his primary education/schooling from Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar, he did his graduation from Government College, Ropar. Subsequently, he obtained the professional degree of LLB and started practice as an Advocate. A voracious reader by nature, he took keen an interest in agriculture apart from being a successful lawyer. He joined Indian National Congress through its youth organization Youth Congress in the year 1975 and since then he has been working continuously and untiringly for the people of Ropar district. He has contested assembly elections from Nangal and Anandpur Sahib constituency 4 times since 2002. He was elected as MLA from Nangal Constituency and Anandpur Sahib constituency in 2007. In 2002 he was appointed as a Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and Parliamentary Secretary (Industry & Commerce) in Punjab Government. He worked as a Chairman of various Assembly Committees. Apart from being associated with party organizations, he was also appointed as Senator in Punjab University from the year 2002–07. He got married with Rani Shashi Kanta a Bhati Rajput on 6th May 1981. He has two daughters (Married) and one son. He is associated with various congress party organizations and served the same as, Gen Sec. Punjab Youth Cong., Gen. Sec. Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee, Spokesman Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and Member of All India Congress Committee a nd Vice President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He is against of putting Rajput Sikhs in Backward Class because of their glorious past.

References
  1. User, Super. "Speaker". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. "Know the new Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker, Rana KP Singh". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2017.


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