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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Charanjit Kaur Bajwa
| image =
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|06|25}} 
| birth_place = Patiala 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| residence = Qadian, [[Punjab, India]]
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| constituency = [[Qadian Assembly Constituency|Qadian]]
| term = 2012 - 2017
| predecessor = [[Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal]]
| successor = Incumbent
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = [[Pratap Singh Bajwa]]
| children = Vikram Partap Bajwa (1 Son)
| website = 
}}
'''Charanjit Kaur Bajwa''' is an Indian politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. She was Member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] and represented [[Qadian Assembly Constituency|Qadian]].<ref>{{cite news|title=List of winner and runner-up candidates|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120307/punjab-poll1.htm#6|accessdate=10 May 2013|newspaper=The Tribune}}</ref> She is the wife of the former Punjab Pradesh Congress committee president and Ex Member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from Gurdaspur [[Pratap Singh Bajwa]] (now a Rajyasabha MP).<ref>{{cite news|title=Seniors skip Bajwa's Golden Temple visit Despite 'diktat'|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130317/punjab.htm#4|accessdate=10 May 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=17 March 2013}}<br>- {{cite news|title=In Punjab, it's all in the family|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/in-punjab-its-all-in-the-family/article2781332.ece|accessdate=10 May 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

==Political career==
Bajwa was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2012 from Qadian.<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_PB_2012.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref> She was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the [[Supreme Court of India]] ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/syl-verdict-42-punjab-congress-mlas-submit-resignation-4369724/ "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation"], ''Indian Express'', 11 November 2016</ref>

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[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:Women in Punjab, India politics]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:People from Gurdaspur district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]