Navtej Singh Cheema is an Indian politician and belongs to

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. He was member of

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 ...

and represented

Sultanpur Lodhi Sultanpur Lodhi is a city and a Municipal Council, from Kapurthala city in the Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab. The town is named after its founder, Bahlul Khan Lodi, the future Sultan of Delhi who renamed the town in 1 ...

Family

His father's name is Gurmail Singh Cheema (Former Minister of Punjab), His wife's name is Jaspal Kaur Cheema, he has two sons named, Jaskaran Singh Cheema and Gurnihal Singh Cheema .

Political career

Cheema was elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly from Sultanpur Lodhi in 2012 by beating Punjab Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur. Earlier in 2007, he had contested elections from Sultanpur Lodhi but lost to Upinderjit Kaur. On 9 October 2015, Cheema along with party supporters blocked the Sultanpur Lodhi-Kapurthala road in protest at the filing of charges against Municipal Council president Vinod Kumar Gupta outside the Tehsil complex at Sultanpur Lodhi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheema, Navtej Singh Living people Punjabi Sikhs Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from Kapurthala district Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022