Om Parkash Soni is an Indian politician and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab who belongs to the

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 is a 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 ...

represents Amritsar Central. He was also a Cabinet Minister in the government of Punjab and head of the School Education department.Education Minister of Punjab
/ref> He was sworn as Deputy CM on 20th Sept 2021.

Family

He was born on 3 July 1957 at village Bhilowal Pakka in Amritsar district of Punjab. His father's name is Jagat Mitter Soni. The name of his spouse is Suman Soni.

Political career

Soni was elected for Punjab Legislative Assembly from Amritsar West in 1997 as an independent candidate. He was re-elected in 2002 elections. In 2007, he successfully contested as Congress candidate Amritsar West. In 2012, he successfully contested from Amritsar Central. Soni was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the

Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judiciary of India, judicial authority and the supreme court, highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final Appellate court, court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India. It also ...

ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional. In March 2017, he was again elected from Amritsar Central Assembly constituency by defeating its nearest opponent Tarun Chugh of BJP with a margin of 21,116 votes. In April 2018, he was made a cabinet minister of Punjab and given the charge of School Education department.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soni, Om Parkash Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012 Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Politicians from Amritsar Place of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 1957 births Punjab, India MLAs 1997–2002 Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007 Deputy chief ministers of Punjab, India