Laljit Singh Bhullar

Laljit Singh Bhullar is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Patti Assembly Constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2]

Laljit Singh Bhullar
Cabinet Minister for Transport, Government of Punjab
Assumed office
19 March 2022
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
Cabinet Minister for Hospitality, Government of Punjab
Assumed office
2022
MLA, Punjab
Assumed office
2022
ConstituencyPatti
MajorityAam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Political partyAam Aadmi Party

Career

Bhullar has worked with SAD and Congress in past. He defeated four-time SAD MLA Adesh Partap Singh Kairon and one-time Congress MLA Harminder Singh Gill in the 2022 election.[3]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Bhullar was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Patti 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.[4][5] Eight ministers including Bhullar who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[6]

As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Bhullar was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[7]

  1. Department of Transport
  2. Department of Hospitality

Electoral performance
Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2022:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Laljit Singh Bhullar[1] 57323 39.55
INC Harminder Singh Gill [8] 33009 22.78
SAD Adaish Partap Singh Kairon 46324 31.96
NOTA None of the Above 1079
Majority 10,999
Turnout 144922
Registered electors [9]
AAP gain from INC

References
  1. "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. "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.
  3. "Restoring bus service top priority: Laljit Singh Bhullar". Tribuneindia News Service. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  7. "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.
  8. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  9. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.


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