Baljinder Kaur (Punjab politician)
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Baljinder Kaur | |
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| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly[2] | |
| Assumed office 2017[1] | |
| Preceded by | Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu |
| Constituency | Talwandi Sabo |
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| Born | 14 September 1986 Talwandi Sabo, Punjab |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sukhraj Singh |
| Parents | Darshan Singh and Ranjit Kaur |
Baljinder Kaur is an Indian politician. She is a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Personal life[]
Kaur did her M. Phil from Punjabi University, Patiala in 2009. Before joining politics she was a professor of English at Mata Gujri College at Fatehgarh Sahib.[3] She married Sukhraj Singh in February 2019; he is also a politician from Aam Aadmi Party.[4] She has one daughter
Political career[]
In 2011 Kaur joined the Indian anti-corruption movement and in 2012 joined Aam Aadmi Party. The first time she contested bypoll election from Talwandi Sabo Assembly Constituency in 2014 but lost the election.[5] However, in the 2017 election she defeated Jeetmohinder Singh of Shiromani Akali Dal with a margin of 19,293 votes.
In the 2019 Indian general election in Punjab she was declared the candidate from Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency) by the party.[6] However she lost the election and stood at third place.
References[]
- ^ "Baljinder Kaur won from talwandi sabo". Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via www.india.com.
- ^ "punjabassembly member". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ aamaadmiparty.org
- ^ "AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur engaged to Party youth wing leader".
- ^ "Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu wins talwandi sabo bypoll election".
- ^ "AAP names talwandi sabo MLA Baljinder Kaur as its Bathinda candidate".
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022
- Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India
- Punjabi University alumni