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| constituency1       = Abohar
| successor2         = Arun Narang
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| successor1         = Arun Narang
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| predecessor3       = [[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]]
| office2             = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| successor3         = [[Charanjit Singh Channi]]
| predecessor2       = [[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]]
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| successor2         = [[Charanjit Singh Channi]]
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| constituency3       = [[Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gurdaspur]]
| predecessor4       = [[Vinod Khanna]]
| predecessor3       = [[Vinod Khanna]]
| successor4         = [[Sunny Deol]]
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'''Sunil Kumar Jakhar''' (born 9 February 1954) is an [[India]]n [[Politician]] and President of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]]. 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ppcc.in/?page_id=36|title=Our Representatives|work=ppcc.in}}</ref> He was elected from [[Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gurdaspur]], Punjab to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/congresss-sunil-jakhar-wins-gurdaspur-lok-sabha-bypoll-by-huge-margin/articleshow/61088466.cms? | title=Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin | publisher=[[Times of India]] | work=Vibhor Mohan | date=15 October 2017 | accessdate=15 October 2017}}</ref>
'''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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ppcc.in/?page_id=36|title=Our Representatives|work=ppcc.in}}</ref> He was elected from [[Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gurdaspur]], Punjab to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/congresss-sunil-jakhar-wins-gurdaspur-lok-sabha-bypoll-by-huge-margin/articleshow/61088466.cms? | title=Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin | publisher=[[Times of India]] | work=Vibhor Mohan | date=15 October 2017 | accessdate=15 October 2017}}</ref>


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==Political career==
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Latest revision as of 04:17, 5 January 2022


Sunil Kumar Jakhar
File:Sunil Kumar Jakhar.jpg
former President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2002 - 2017
Preceded byRam Kumar Goyal
Succeeded byArun Narang
ConstituencyAbohar
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
14 March 2012 - 11 December 2015
Preceded byRajinder Kaur Bhattal
Succeeded byCharanjit Singh Channi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
15 December 2017 – 18 June 2019
Preceded byVinod Khanna
Succeeded bySunny Deol
ConstituencyGurdaspur
Personal details
Born (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70)
Panjkosi, Punjab, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Parent(s)Balram Jakhar
ResidencePanjkosi, Punjab, India

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]

  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. ↑ 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
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