Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria is an Indian politician and from 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 ...

and represents

Raja Sansi Rajasansi is a town, near Amritsar city and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (Amritsar International Airport) is located in Rajasansi village on Ajnala-Rajasansi ...

. He is a Punjab state cabinet minister holding the charges of the ministries of Revenue, Rehabilitation & Disaster Management and Water Resources.

Early life

Sarkaria was born on 31 March 1956 in Amritsar to parents Narinder Singh Sarkaria and Amarjit Kaur.

Political career

Sarkaria first contested the Punjab Legislative Assembly on Congress ticket from Raja Sansi in 1997 but was unsuccessful. He again contested from Raja Sansi in 2002 as an independent candidate, but narrowly lost the election. He also contested the 2004 Lok Sabha election from Tarn Taran constituency. However, he was successful during 2007 Vidhan Sabha elections, when he won from Raja Sansi with a big margin. He was re-elected MLA for Raja Sansi in 2012. He is elected MLA consecutively for the 3rd time in 2017 from Rajasansi constituency in the

where he defeated Vir Singh Lopoke of the

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 ...

. He was the Chairman of Punjab Mandi Board during Capt. Amrinder Singh's government. He is also the Vice President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Sarkaria was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignations in protest of a decision of the

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ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.

MLA

The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the

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by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the

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. MP

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was sworn in as

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on 16 March 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkaria, Sukhbinder Singh Living people Shiromani Akali Dal politicians Punjabi Sikhs Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012 Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Amritsar district Place of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027