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| Office | 18th Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
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| Office | Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 21 March 2022
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| Predecessor | Rana K. P. Singh
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| Born | 1975-04-16 (age 51) |
| Born | Kotkapura, Punjab, India
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| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party
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| Occupation | Politician
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Kultar Singh Sandhwan is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 18th and current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from March 21, 2022. Kultar’s grandfather Jangir Singh and Giani Zail Singh (who served as the president of India from 1982 to 1987 and chief minister of Punjab from 1972 to 1977) were brothers. Sandhwan is also MLA representing the Kotkapura Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2][3][4]
Member of Legislative Assembly
First term (2017-2022)
Chairman;Public Accounts Committee
- Member (2017-2019) Library Committee[5][6]
- Member Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- Member (2021-2022) Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library[7]
Second term (2022-present)
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.[8]
He was elected as the speaker of the 16th Punjab Assembly.
Electoral performance
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References
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers. The Indian Express(20 March 2022). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ↑ Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners. Hindustan Times(10 March 2022). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ AAP MLA Kultar Sandhwan becomes Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker(12 May 2022).
- ↑ vidhanSabha(2018-08-20). Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ↑ vidhanSabha(2017-12-13). Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ↑ vidhanSabha(2022-03-02). Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ↑ AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister. The Hindu(16 March 2022). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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