Sunil Kumar Jakhar

Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Sunil Kumar Jakhar
	File:Sunil Kumar Jakhar.jpg
former President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2002 - 2017
Preceded by	Ram Kumar Goyal
Succeeded by	Arun Narang
Constituency	Abohar
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly
	In office; 14 March 2012 - 11 December 2015
Preceded by	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Succeeded by	Charanjit Singh Channi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 15 December 2017 – 18 June 2019
Preceded by	Vinod Khanna
Succeeded by	Sunny Deol
Constituency	Gurdaspur
Personal details
Born	9 February 1954 (age 70); Panjkosi, Punjab, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Parent(s)	Balram Jakhar
Residence	Panjkosi, Punjab, India

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Sunil Kumar Jakhar (born 9 February 1954) is an Indian Politician and former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee 2017- 2021. Elected consecutively three times from Abohar constituency (2002-2017), he was a Leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Indian National Congress(INC).^[1] He was elected from Gurdaspur, Punjab to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election.^[2]

Political career[edit]

He first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Abohar in 2002. In 2007 and 2012, he was re-elected from Abohar. he became member of parliament after winning a by-election in Gurdaspur.

Controversy[edit]

On 7 January 2017, Jakhar sent a complaint to the Punjab chief election officer alleging that local Shiromani Akali Dal leader Shivlal Doda and his nephew Waris / others used seven different mobile numbers while in a Fazilka prison.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ "Our Representatives". ppcc.in.
↑ "Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin". Vibhor Mohan. Times of India. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/punjab-mla-sunil-jakhar-lodges-fresh-complaints-against-sads-shiv-lal-doda-nephew/articleshow/56392408.cms

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Vinod Khanna	Member of Parliament Gurdaspur 2017 – 2019	Succeeded by Sunny Deol
Party political offices
Preceded by Amarinder Singh	President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee 2017 – 2021	Incumbent

[1] "Our Representatives". ppcc.in.

[2] "Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin". Vibhor Mohan. Times of India. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[3] ttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/punjab-mla-sunil-jakhar-lodges-fresh-complaints-against-sads-shiv-lal-doda-nephew/articleshow/56392408.cms

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