| Office | Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab[1] |
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| Office | Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 19 March 2022
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| Predecessor | Joginder Pal
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| Constituency | Bhoa
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| Born | Punjab, India
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| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party
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| Occupation | Social Workers
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Lal Chand Kataruchak (born 1970) is an Indian politician from Punjab. He is an MLA from Bhoa Assembly constituency representing the Aam Aadmi Party.[2][3] He had been a sarpanch of Kataruchak village for six terms.
Early life and education
Kataruchak is from Kataruchak, Pathankot District, Punjab. He is the son of Labhu Ram. He passed matriculation in 2007 from Punjab School Education Board, Mohali, and later discontinued his studies.[4]
Assets and liabilities declared during elections
During the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, he declared Rs. 619,225 as an overall financial asset and Rs. nil as financial liability.[5]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Kataruchak was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. 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.[6] Kataruchak represented the Bhoa 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.[7][8] Eight ministers including Kataruchak who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[9]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry Kataruchak was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[10]
- Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
- Department of Forest and Wild Life Preservation
Controversy
On 28 April 2023, a controversy surrounded Lal Chand Kataruchak when Congress sitting MLA from Bholath constituency Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a press conference at Jalandhar, accused him of allegedly appointing his son and other two relatives including son of his sister-in-law as personal staff. Lal Chand has denied these allegations while drawing flak from all opposition parties including BJP.[11][12]
Electoral performance
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References
- ↑ Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains(22 March 2022).
- ↑ The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers. The Indian Express(20 March 2022). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ↑ Provide Rs 10K help to poor in rural belt: AAP. Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ Lal Chand Kataruchak(Revolutionary Marxist Party of India):Constituency- BHOA (SC)(PATHANKOT) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. myneta.info. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ↑ Lal Chand(AAP):Constituency- BHOA (SC)(PATHANKOT) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. myneta.info. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister. The Hindu(16 March 2022). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ↑ Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday. Tribuneindia News Service(18 March 2022). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ↑ 25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision. NDTV.com(19 March 2022). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs. The Indian Express(19 March 2022). Retrieved 19 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.
- ↑ Khaira writes to CM, seeks immediate dismissal, arrest of minister Kataruchak Express News Service. 29 April 2023
- ↑ Punjab minister Lal Chand Kataruchak appointed kin as personal staff, alleges Sukhpal Khaira Tribuneindia News Service. 28 April 2023
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