Preceded by Vir Singh Lopoke Name Sukhbinder Sarkaria Constituency Raja Sansi Role Politician | Residence Amritsar, India Party Indian National Congress Religion Sikhism | |
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Punjab revenue Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria seeks Sidhu's resignation
Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria is an Indian politician and belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represent Raja Sansi.
Contents
- Punjab revenue Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria seeks Sidhus resignation
- Family
- Political career
- References
Family
His father's name is Narinder Singh.
Political career
Sarkaria first contested for Punjab Legislative Assembly on Congress ticket from Raja Sansi in 1997 but was unsuccessful. He again contested from Raja Sansi in 2002 as an independent candidate, but narrowly lost the election. He also contested the 2004 Lok Sabha election from Taran Taran constituency. However, he was successful during 2007 Vidhan Sabha elections, when he won from Raja Sansi with a big margin. He was re-elected MLA for Raja Sansi in 2012. He is elected MLA consecutively for the 3rd time in 2017 from rajasansi constituency. He was the Chairman of Punjab Mandi Board during Capt. Amrinder Singh's government.
He is also the Vice President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
Sarkaria was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.