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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Harinder Singh Khalsa
| image =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|06|12}}
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, British India]]
| nationality = Indian
| term_start = 2014
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
| term_end = 2019
| predecessor = [[Sukhdev Singh Libra]]
| successor = [[Dr. Amar Singh]]
| constituency = [[Fatehgarh Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Fatehgarh Sahib]]
| term_start2 = 1996
| office2 = [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]]
| term_end2 = 1998
| predecessor2 = [[Kewal Singh]]
| successor2 = [[Chatin S. Singh]]
| constituency2 = [[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bathinda]]
| party = [[Bhartiya Janta Party]] (March 2019 - Dec. 2020) <br /> [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (2013-2019)<br />[[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (1998-2013)
| profession = [[Politician]], [[Social Activist]]
| website =
| footnotes = <ref name="LS_Profile_XI"/>
}}
'''Harinder Singh Khalsa''' is an Indian politician. He served as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) from [[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bathinda]] during 1996-98 as a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. In 2014, he joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] and was [[2014 Indian general election|elected]] as an MP from [[Fatehgarh Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Fatehgarh Sahib]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Constituency-wise: All Candidates (Fatehgarh) | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS198.htm?ac=8 | accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref> He joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in March 2019 but left the party in December 2020 to give his support to [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].<ref>[https://punjabi.abplive.com/news/punjab/harinder-singh-khalsa-left-bjp-in-favor-of-farmer-protest-599708/amp? Harinder Singh Khalsa left BJP in favour of farmers protest.] ''punjabi.abplive.com''. Retrieved 26 December 2020.</ref>

== Early life ==

Harinder Singh Khalsa was born in 1947, in Ludhiana, British India. His father [[Gopal Singh khalsa]] [[Ramdasia]] Sikh [[julaha]] was an [[Akali Dal]] politician, who served as the chief Parliament secretary of Punjab assembly in 1937, and was elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1952, serving as the leader of opposition. Harinder Singh obtained an [[Master of Arts|M.A. (English)]] degree from the Government College, Ludhiana. He married Satwant Kaur on 8 February 1976. The couple has three sons.<ref name="LS_Profile_XI">{{cite web | url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3704.htm | title = Biographical Sketch (XI Lok Sabha): Harinder Singh Khalsa | publisher = [[Parliament of India]] | accessdate = 2014-05-18 }}</ref>

== Pre-political career ==

Harinder Singh Khalsa started his career as an English lecturer at the G.G.N. Khalsa College, in Ludhiana. During his academic career (1964-1974), he published two textbooks: ''A Manual of General English'' and ''Social Science''. In May 1974, he joined the [[Civil Services of India|Punjab Civil Service]]. In July 1974, he joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] (IFS) and worked as a [[Diplomatic rank#Bilateral diplomacy|Second Secretary]] in [[Jakarta]]. Later, he served as a First Secretary in [[Bangkok]] and [[Norway]].<ref name="LS_Profile_XI"/>

In June 1984, while posted in Norway, he resigned in protest against the [[Operation Blue Star]]. As the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] government filed some cases against him, he decided to stay in Norway, running a small eating joint and working as a [[postman]] in Norway. He returned to India in 1990, after being assured that the cases against him would be dropped.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Former-Ambassador-beats-richest-candidate-in-Punjab/articleshow/35221613.cms | title = Former Ambassador beats richest candidate in Punjab | date = 2014-05-17 | newspaper = The Times of India }}</ref>

During 1990-91, he served as the Chairman of Punjab Human Rights Organization, an [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] that highlighted the excesses committed by the state government during the anti-[[Punjab insurgency|insurgency]] operations. During 1991-03, he served as a secretary of the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee]] (SGPC).<ref name="SS_ticket_2014">{{cite news | url = http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2014/03/19/former-mp-harinder-singh-khalsa-may-contest-ls-election-from-fatehgarh-sahib-on-aap-ticket/ | title = Former MP Harinder Singh Khalsa may contest LS election from Fatehgarh Sahib on AAP ticket | date = 2014-03-19 | author = Parmjit Singh }}</ref>

== Shiromani Akali Dal ==

Harinder Singh joined [[Shiromani Akali Dal]], and was elected as an MP from Bhatinda in 1996, winning by a margin of 92,229 votes.<ref name="LS_Profile_XI"/> He was a member of the third [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes|National Commission for SC/ST]] under the [[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Atal Bihari Vajpayee government]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ncst.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=423&sublinkid=246&langid=1 | title = National Commission for Scheduled Tribes: Background | publisher = NCST | accessdate = 2014-05-18 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140518083610/http://ncst.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=423&sublinkid=246&langid=1 | archivedate = 18 May 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

== Aam Aadmi Party ==

In 2014, Harinder Singh joined the Aam Aadmi Party, and contested the [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] from Fatehgarh Sahib. He won by a margin of 54,144 votes.<ref name="SS_ticket_2014"/> On 29 August 2015, he was suspended from AAP due to anti-party activities. He has denied any involvement in any such activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Khalsa-Not-involved-in-any-anti-party-activity/articleshow/49224152.cms|title = Khalsa: Not involved in any anti-party activity | Chandigarh News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==Bharatiya Janata Party ==
On 28 March 2019 he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the presence of [[Arun Jaitley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/suspended-aam-aadmi-party-lawmaker-harinder-singh-khalsa-joins-bjp-2014103|title = Suspended AAP Lawmaker Harinder Singh Khalsa Joins BJP}}</ref>

== References ==
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