Kuljit Singh Nagra(born August 31, 1965) is an Indian politician. He was

Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

(MLA) for

Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib () is a city and a sacred pilgrimage site of Sikhism in the north west Indian state of Punjab. It is the headquarters of Fatehgarh Sahib district, located about north of Sirhind. Fatehgarh Sahib is named after Fateh Singh, the ...

until 2022, representing the

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. As a professional, he is an advocate in the

Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Pe ...

, and a member of the Punjab High Court and Haryana Bar Association Chandigarh.

Student politics

Nagra became active in politics while at college. He was the president of Khalsa College Students Union, Chandigarh, from 1985 to 1986, and Panjab University Campus Students Council, Chandigarh, from 1989 to 1995. He organized cultural activities such as the All India Inter-University Youth Festival "Jhankar" in 1987–88, 1989–90 and 1991–92 at

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahor ...

. He was convener for the Panjab University Students Consultative Committee (PUSCC) from 1989 to 1992 and also chair of the Northern University Student Coordination Committee from 1991 to 1992. He was convener for the Students Association of North Zone Universities from 1992 to 1994, organising the North Zone Inter-University Youth Festival on behalf of the

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(AIU) in 1992–93 at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He was elected as a President for Panjab University Students Council of Session 1992–93. He held the position of chairman in Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) from 1995 to 1998. He was also the founding president of the All India Law Students' Association. He was a Zonal in charge of the

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. Whil ...

(IYC) to oversee and coordinate the election work in the

2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 was held in Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab in 2002, to elect 117 members to the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Election Commission of India Indian National Congress gained majority of the seats. Am ...

Political career

Nagra was the MLA from

, Punjab, until 2022. He has also held the post of President of the

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in Punjab, and was in charge of programmes at the

National Students' Union of India The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress. It was established on 9 April 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad ...

. He is elected member of the PCC from Block Khera of Fatehgarh Sahib Assembly constituency. Previously he was General Secretary of

(IYC) and elected

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(PPCC) Member from 2007 to 2010. He graduated from

(1996 -2000), where he was elected as a Senate Member of the constituency. He was a General Secretary of Punjab Youth Congress from 1995 to 1997. Also, he served as an In-charge of the Harchandpur Assembly of Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency from where Smt.

Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi (, ; ; born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician. She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a big-tent liberal political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history. ...

Ji contested elections.

References

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