Jai Krishan Singh
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Jai Krishan Singh Rouri | |
|---|---|
 Jai Krishan Singh Rouri in 2022 | |
| Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly | |
| Assumed office 30 June 2022 | |
| Speaker | Kultar Singh Sandhwan |
| Preceded by | Ajaib Singh Bhatti |
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for Garhshankar Assembly constituency | |
| In office 11 March 2017 – Incumbent | |
| Preceded by | Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan |
| Majority | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1983 Garhshankar, Punjab, India |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur |
| Occupation | Politician, agriculture, photographer |
| Website | Members |
Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly. He is second term MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Garhshankar Assembly constituency in Punjab, India, serving since 2017. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He won a second consecutive term in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election by margin of 4179 votes.
Early life
[edit]He worked as a farmer and a wedding photographer in Garhshankar.[1][2]
Political career
[edit]He contested the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket and defeated Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2022 he won in multi cornered election by a margin of more than 4000 votes.[3] On 30 June 2022 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
Member of Legislative Assembly
[edit]He represents the Garhshankar Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2017. He was re-elected for a second term in 2022.[4] 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.[5]
On 30 June 2022, he was unanimously elected as the Deputy speaker in the 16th Punjab Assembly. AAP member Baljinder Kaur had proposed his name.[1]
- Chairman (2022–23) House Committee[6][7][1]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts[8]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates[9]
- Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Undertakings[10]
Electoral performance
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Jai Kishan Singh Rori | 41,720 | 33.50 | ||
| SAD | Surinder Singh Heer | 40,070 | 32.18 | ||
| INC | Lov Kumar Goldy | 31,909 | 25.62 | ||
| BSP | Bakhsish Singh | 6031 | 4.84 | ||
| CPI(M) | Harbhajan Singh | 2217 | 1.78 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1121 | 0.90 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 125658 | ||||
| Registered electors | 169,609 | [11] | |||
| AAP gain from SAD | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Jai Kishan Singh Rori[12] | 32,341 | |||
| INC | Amarpreet Lally[13] | 28162 | |||
| SAD | Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan | 24735 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1078 | |||
| Majority | 4179 | 3.42 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 175,287 | [14] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is new Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly". The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
- ^ Sharma, Manraj Grewal (18 March 2017). "AAPosition in Punjab House: A lineman, a taxi driver, and other 'outsiders'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
Jai Krishan Singh Rodi, 33, the AAP winner from Garhshankar, who defeated two-time Congress MLA Luv Kumar Goldy among others...
- ^ "Garhshankar (Punjab) Assembly Election Results 2022 Live: Winner, Runner-up". The Indian Express. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ^ Deputy speaker (Ex-Officio Chairman)
- ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Punjab Legislative Assembly Biography
- Jai Krishan Singh on Twitter
- Jai Krishan Singh on Facebook