Balkar Singh Sidhu (born 10 October 1971) is an Indian politician and Punjabi singer. He is the Member of legislative assembly from the Rampura Phul Assembly constituency and a member of the

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, ) is a List of political parties in India, political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then gover ...

Early life and career

Balkar Sidhu was born on 10 October 1971, to father S. Roop Singh Sidhu and mother Charanjeet Kaur, in the village of Poohla of

Bathinda district Bathinda district is in Malwa region of Punjab, India. The district encompasses an area of 3,385 square kilometers. By area, Bathinda district is the second-largest in Punjab, after Ludhiana district. It is bounded by Faridkot district and ...

in Punjab. He is married to Jinder Kaur and has two daughters and one son. He is the three-times university gold medalist in singing and learned music from the famous Dhadi singer Gurbakhsh Singh Albela (his uncle) as professional.

Politics

In May 2014, he joined

. He was nominated AAP candidate from Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency in 2014 Punjab by-elections. Later he was replaced by another candidate Baljinder Kaur. Sidhu decided to contest elections as independent candidate and was expelled from AAP, although he re-joined The Aam Aadmi Party. In 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, Balkar Singh Sidhu won from the Rampura Phul Assembly constituency defeating Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Sikandar Singh Maluka and former Congress MLA Gurpreet Singh Kangar. 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

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on 16 March 2022.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Rampura Phul Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. ; Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly *Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates *Member (2022–23) Committee on Government Assurances

Discography

His first

Punjabi music The music of Punjab reflects the traditions of the Punjab region associated with Punjabi language. Punjab is currently divided into two parts: East Punjab, in India, and West Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan. The Punjab has diver ...

album was ''Karna Chhad De Pyar'', released during his graduation's first year. Later he released ''Din Pepran De'' and other albums. He has a role in the Punjabi film, '' Desi Munde'', which is incomplete. His latest single track release was "Jatt Pateya Gya" composed and directed by Studio Nasha. Some of his albums are: * Din Pepran/Paperan de * Hasdian De Ghar Vasde * Gall Taan Bandee * Aaja Ganne Chupiye * Tu Meri Khand Mishri * Do Gallan * Charkhe * Laung Taviteriaan * Mehndi * Phulkari * Chubare Wali Baari * Saada Vee Viyah Ho Gayan

Electoral performance

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20170118030102/http://desimunde.net/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sidhu, Balkar Punjabi-language singers Living people 1973 births People from Bathinda district Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India