Saravjit Kaur Manuke

Saravjit Kaur Manuke
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Preceded by	S. R. Kaler
Constituency	Jagraon
Personal details
Born	(1972-07-25) 25 July 1972 (age 49) Jagraon, Punjab, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse(s)	S. Sukhwinder Singh
Children	One Son and One Daughter
Parent(s)	S. Gulwant Singh and Smt. Harchet Kaur

Saravjit Kaur Manuke^[1] is a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, which administers the named state in India.

Political career[]

The first time she contested election in 2017 on the ticket of Aam Aadmi Party and won. On 16 March 2017 she was elected Deputy Leader of Opposition^[2] in Punjab Assembly by Party high command.

Saravjit Kaur Manuke was employed in the teaching profession at the beginning of his career. She then quit her job and joined the Aam Aadmi Party, founded by prominent Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal.

She contested the Jagraon Assembly Constituency from the Aam Aadmi Party in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.^[3] She won the elections for the first time. She defeated former Punjab state government minister, vice-president of the Punjab state Congress committee and veteran politician , who was twice elected as an MLA in the Punjab assembly.

Saravjit Kaur Manuke received 61,521 votes, which is 45.35% of the total votes cast.^[4]

Aam Aadmi Party emerged as the main opposition party in the Punjab Assembly elections of 2017. Aam Aadmi Party secured 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in the Punjab Assembly elections of 2017. Sarabvjit Kaur Manuke was elected by the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab as deputy leader of the party.

She is involved in social service outside politics. She is involved with the Jagran Economic Club.

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