Arun Narang is a

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politician from

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. From 2017–2022 he represented Abohar Assembly constituency in the

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. He lost his bid for re-election in the

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Member of Legislative Assembly

He was elected as

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from Abohar Assembly constituency as candidate of

. His five year term of MLA ended in 2022 and he lost his re-election bid.

Farm laws

Narang supports BJP's

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(commonly known as the farm laws).

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was launched to protest against the implementation of the new laws. In November 2020, he was gheraoed by the protesting farmers in Lambi Assembly segment in Muktsar district and forced to sit on the road.

Assault case in Malout

On March 27, 2021, Narang was visiting

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town in

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of Punjab for a press conference to explain the benefits of the farm laws to the farmers. On his arrival to the BJP office, the protesting farmers angry with the farm laws threw black ink at him. Police official escorted Narang to a local shop, but upon returning from it, the protestors allegedly thrashed Narang, tore his clothes and stripped him naked. He was later escorted by the police to a safe place.

condemned the attack on MLA. Samyukta Kisan Morcha appealed to all protestors to remain peaceful. An

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has been registered against 250–300 unknown protestors.

2022 Assembly election

He contested in the

for re-election as BJP candidate. Narang won only 16.18% of the total number of votes polled and came on third position behind Sandeep Jakhar of

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and Kuldeep Kumar alias Deep Kamboj of the

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Political positions

Narang supports BJP's

(commonly known as the farm laws).

References

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