Sunil Kumar Jakhar

Sunil Kumar Jakhar
former President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 2002 - 2017
Preceded by	Ram Kumar Goyal
Succeeded by	Arun Narang
Constituency	Abohar
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 14 March 2012 - 11 December 2015
Preceded by	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Succeeded by	Charanjit Singh Channi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 15 December 2017 – 18 June 2019
Preceded by	Vinod Khanna
Succeeded by	Sunny Deol
Constituency	Gurdaspur
Personal details
Born	(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 67) Panjkosi, Punjab, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Parent(s)	Balram Jakhar
Residence	Panjkosi, Punjab, India

Sunil Kumar Jakhar (born 9 February 1954) is an Indian Politician and former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee 2017- 2021. 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 Gurdaspur.

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 Waris / others used seven different mobile numbers while in a Fazilka prison.^[3]

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