Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
Amrinder Singh (Raja Warring) | |
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| President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 9 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
| Minister of Transport Government of Punjab | |
| In office 20 September 2021 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| In office March 2012 – June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Manpreet Singh Badal |
| Constituency | Gidderbaha |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ravneet Singh Bittu |
| Constituency | Ludhiana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 November 1977 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Amrita Singh |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab |
Amrinder Singh, (born 29 November 1977)[1] popularly known as Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, or Raja Warring is an Indian politician [2] He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.[3]
Political career[edit]
Warring was the president of the Indian Youth Congress, the youth division of Indian National Congress, from December 2014 to May 2018.[4]
MLA: first term[edit]
Warring was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Gidderbaha from 2012–2017,[4] district Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab to the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[4]
MLA: second term[edit]
In March 2017, he was re-elected as an MLA[4] for the second successive time, after completing his first term from 2012–2017.[5] He served as the Transport Minister in the Punjab government.[6]
Warring contested from Bathinda constituency in the 2019 Indian general election against Harsimrat Kaur Badal but lost the elections by over 20,000 votes.[7]
MLA: third term[edit]
During the campaign for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Warring sang songs and danced during his public meetings. His associates said this was done "to strike a chord with commoners".[6] He won the 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.[8]
On 9 April 2022, Warring was appointed by the national leadership of Congress as the chief of Congress in Punjab.[9]
MP: first term[edit]
In June, Warring won the 2024 Indian general election from Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency and was elected as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha by defeating his nearest competitor, Ravneet Singh Bittu of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 20,942 votes.[10]
Family[edit]
Born to Kuldeep Singh and Malkeet Kaur, he lost his parents when he was still a child, and was brought up by his maternal uncles.[11] He is married to Amrita Singh, and he has a son and a daughter.[12] He was earlier known as Raja Sotha, with Sotha being the name of his maternal village. Later, he began using the name of his paternal village called Warring.
References[edit]
- ^ "Know Your PAN". incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Punjab portfolios: CM Channi keeps vigilance, mining, power; deputy Randhawa gets home, Soni health". Hindustan Times. 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Punjab Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Full and final list of winners including Charanjit Singh Channi, Amritpal singh, Harsimrat kaur badal and more". TOI City Desk. The Times of India. Jun 05, 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c d Dhaliwal, Shub Karman. "Punjab Elections Results 2017: Panjab University alumni script success story, win Assembly poll". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Kamali, Neel (18 August 2016). "Sukhbir's bid to regain Gidderbaha back for SAD". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ a b "In Muktsar, novel ways to reach out to voters". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Bathinda Elections 2019: Punjab Lok Sabha Constituency Poll Dates, Parliamentary Election, Candidates, Schedule, Latest News | Opinion Poll, Exit Poll, 2014 Election Results and Survey Online". Firstpost. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Congress appointments: High command tries to maintain region, experience and caste balance". Tribuneindia News Service. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Punjab". eci.gov.in. Election Comission of India. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Slip of the tongue". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.