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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Jarnail Singh<br />
| image =<br />
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]<br />
| term_start = 2015<br />
| term_end = 2017<br />
| constituency = [[Rajouri Garden (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajouri Garden]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Manjinder Singh Sirsa]]<br />
| birth_date = 1973<br />
| birth_place = Delhi, India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = YMCA Institute for Media Studies and Information Technology<br />
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]<br />
| profession = [[Politician]], [[Journalist]]<br />
| spouse =<br />
| source = <ref>[http://www.chardikalaa.com/2013/09/11/shabad-as-guru-s-jarnail-singh/ Shabad as Guru – S. Jarnail Singh]</ref><br />
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'''Jarnail Singh''' is an Indian journalist and politician belonging to the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP). He was a member of the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Rajouri Garden (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajouri Garden]] constituency until 6 January 2017, when he resigned as MLA to compete for the AAP against sitting CM [[Parkash Singh Badal]].<ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/punjab-election-aap-jarnail-singh-parkash-singh-badal/1/850986.html</ref><br />
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== Education and journalism career ==<br />
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Jarnail Singh obtained a diploma in journalism from the YMCA Institute for Media Studies and Information Technology. He started his career as a reporter for ''[[Amar Ujala]]''. He then worked as a correspondent with the Hindi-language daily ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'' for over a decade.<ref name="profile-ibn">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090411040401/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jarnail-singh-profile-of-a-shoe-thrower/89722-3.html Jarnail Singh: Profile of a shoe thrower]</ref><br />
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Singh gained media attention when he threw a shoe at India's Home Minister [[P. Chidambaram]] during a press conference on 7 April 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jarnail Singh: Man who hurled shoe at P Chidambaram is AAP candidate|publisher=Economic Times Portal |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jarnail-singh-man-who-hurled-shoe-at-p-chidambaram-is-aap-candidate/articleshow/30529567.cms|date=16 February 2014}}</ref> Singh was upset that the minister's party, the [[Indian National Congress]], had given poll tickets to leaders who had been accused of instigating the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|1984 anti-Sikh pogrom]]. The leaders had been "cleared" of any involvement by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) when the Congress government was in power. Responding to Jarnail Singh's question, Chidambaram stated that the CBI had not acted under government pressure, and had only submitted its reports to the court and that it was up to the courts to make a decision. Singh was not satisfied with the answer and threw a shoe at the minister in protest. Singh later stated:<br />
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<blockquote>I admit my method was wrong, but the sentiment was right. I do not wish that any journalist should behave in this manner.</blockquote><br />
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Chidambaram did not press charges against him.<ref name="profile-ibn"/><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Jarnail Singh contested the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general elections]] as an AAP candidate from [[West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|West Delhi]]. He lost to [[Pravesh Verma]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] by a margin of 268,586 votes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/pravesh-verma-conquers-west-delhi-by-record-margin/article6019052.ece |title=Pravesh Verma conquers West Delhi by record margin |author=Vishal Kant |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2015-01-13 }}</ref> In [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2015 Delhi Assembly elections]], he won from the Rajouri Garden constituency.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/elections/delhi/rajouri-garden-mla-results Rajouri Garden results]</ref> He is sometimes confused with [[Jarnail Singh (born 1981)|Jarnail Singh]], an AAP MLA from Tilak Nagar in Delhi.<ref>http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/west-delhi-confused-will-the-real-jarnail-singh-stand-up/</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://candidates.aamaadmiparty.org/jarnail-singh.html Profile on AAP website]<br />
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