Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly. He is second term MLA in the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 M ...

representing the Garhshankar Assembly constituency in

Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states ...

, serving since 2017. He is 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 ...

. He won a second consecutive term in the

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Punjab, India, Punjab on 2022 elections in India, 20 February 2022 to elect the List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 117 members of the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative ...

by margin of 4179 votes.

Early life

He worked as a farmer and a wedding photographer in Garhshankar.

Political career

He contested the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections on the

ticket and defeated Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan of

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal Party'') is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are ma ...

. In 2022 he won in multi cornered election by a margin of more than 4000 votes. On 30 June 2022 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Garhshankar Assembly constituency as MLA in

since 2017. He was re-elected for a second term in 2022. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the

sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes declaration of resul ...

by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the

. MP

Bhagwant Mann Bhagwant Singh Mann (born 17 October 1973), better known by his stage name "Jugnu", is an Indian politician, social worker, former comedian, singer and actor who is currently serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab since 2022. He represen ...

was sworn in as

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on 16 March 2022. On 30 June 2022, he was unanimously elected as the

Deputy speaker Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain ...

in the 16th Punjab Assembly. AAP member Baljinder Kaur had proposed his name. ; Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly *Chairman (2022–23) House Committee *Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts *Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates *Member (2022–23)

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Electoral performance

References

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Punjab Legislative Assembly
Biography * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodi, Jai Kishan Singh Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India 1983 births Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 Deputy speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly