Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Ajnala Assembly constituency also Cabinet Minister in Punjab Government led by CM Bhagwant Mann. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[3][4][5]
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | |
|---|---|
 Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal in 2022 | |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Ministry and Departments | Rural Development & Panchayats Minister Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare NRI Affairs [1] |
| Preceded by | Manpreet Singh Badal |
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly[2] | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | Ajnala |
| Preceded by | Harpartap Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jagdev Kalan, Punjab, India |
Member of Legislative Assembly
editDhaliwal was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Ajnala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[6][7] Eight ministers including Dhaliwal who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[8] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[9]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Dhaliwal was given the charge of three departments of the Punjab Government:[10]
- Department of Rural Development & Panchayats
- Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
- Department of NRI Affairs
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 445,032 | 51.78 |  1.69
| |
| BJP | Hardeep Singh Puri | 3,45,406 | 40.19 | 9.74
| |
| AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 20,087 | 2.34 |  12.44
| |
| CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 16,335 | 1.90 | 0.14
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 8,763 | 1.02 | 0.06
| |
| Majority | 99,626 | 11.59 | 8.05
| ||
| Turnout | 8,60,582 | 57.07 | 13.32
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 43,555 | 35.69 | ||
| SAD | Amarpal Singh Ajnala | 35,712 | 29.26 | ||
| INC | Harpratap Singh Ajnala[11] | 33,853 | 27.74 | ||
| SAD(A) | Amrik Singh | 2,185 | 1.79 | 1.48
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 824 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | 7,843 | 6.43 | |||
| Turnout | 122,038 | 76.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 158,691 | [12] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains". 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Members detail punjabassembly.nic.in
- ^ "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.