Dharambir Agnihotri

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri
| image = Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri.png
| caption = Dharambir Agnihotri talking to [[Amarinder Singh]] in 2016.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Village Sheron, Tarn Taran
| education = Tibbia College
| spouse = Smt. Kiran Agnihotri
| children = Two Sons & One Daughter
| residence = [[Tarn Taran Sahib|Tarn Taran]]
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| constituency = [[Tarn Taran Assembly Constituency|Tarn Taran]]
| term = 2017- Present
| predecessor = [[Harmeet Singh Sandhu]]
| successor = Incumbent
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| majority = 14629
| office2 = [[Sarpanch]]
| constituency2 = [[Village Sheron, Tarn Taran]]
| term2 = 1997 - 2002
| occupation= Doctor, Physician, Politician
| website = [https://twitter.com/drdharambir?lang=en Twitter]
}}
'''Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri''' (born 1946) is a member of the [[Indian National Congress ]] party. He is member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) ]] from [[Tarn Taran Assembly Constituency]].<ref name="Election 2017" /> which he won by a record margin by defeating 3 time MLA Harmeet Singh Sandhu (Once independent and twice from [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] ). Dr. Agnihotri has been a practicing doctor by training and has also been a doctor at his hospital named Agnihotri Hospital in village Sheron Dist. Tarn Taran.

Dr. Agnihotri was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the first time in 2017. Remained General Secretary Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Chandigarh and President District Congress Committee Tarn Taran. He also held the office as Member of the Estimate Committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha (2017-18) and member of Committee on Estimates of Punjab Vidhan Sabha (2018-19). Currently He is member of recently formed Cooperation Department. He is also member of Privilege committee and Local Body Committee in Government of Punjab.

==Political career==
Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri first became a sarpanch (head of a village) of Sheron (where his hospital is) and he was unanimously elected in 1997.

Dr. Agnihotri was recruited by [[Captain Amarinder Singh]] of [[Indian National Congress]] himself in 2007, due to his honesty and sheer commitment towards people, to run as a candidate for the legislative assembly from Naushara Pannuan, but he lost by a slim margin of 2459 votes against [[Ranjit Singh Brahampura]] of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. In 2012 Dharambir switched constituencies and this time fought the election from the Taran Tarn constituency, again he lost this time by a narrow margin of 4621 votes to [[Harmeet Singh Sandhu]] of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. In 2010, he was made President of the District Congress Committee for Tarn Taran and he resigned in 2013. In 2014 he was made the general secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} In 2017, Agnihotri again ran from Taran Tarn and this time he defeated the incumbent [[Harmeet Singh Sandhu]] of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] by a margin of 14,629 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/Stat_rep_2007_PB.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_PB_2012.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Election 2017">{{cite web|title=Result of the Taran Tarn Election in 2017|url=http://www.eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1921.htm?ac=21}}</ref> This was seen as a very historical win because it was the first time that a candidate from the Congress party won from this constituency in around 40 years. Along with this Dharambir was the first Hindu candidate to ever win an election from this constituency.<ref name="Congress Party Makes History in Taran Tarn">{{cite web|title=Congress Party Makes History in Taran Tarn|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/tarn-taran-buries-old-ghosts-progress-not-panth-is-the-poll-plank/|date=2012-01-26}}</ref>

Doctor Agnihotri has been an active participant in the agitation against Union Government led by [[Narendra Modi]] against newly passed 3 Farms Laws along with other Congress MLAs and MPs at [[Jantar Mantar]] New Delhi.<ref name="Punjab Cong MPs dharna at Jantar Mantar in 15th day">{{cite web|title=Punjab Cong MPs dharna at Jantar Mantar in 15th day|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-cong-mps-dharna-at-jantar-mantar-in-15th-day/articleshow/79846738.cms/|date=2020-12-22}}</ref>

==Official Engagements==
*Privilege Committee : (2021 - Present)
*Local Body Committee : (2021 - Present)
*Cooperation Department: (2021 - Present)
*[[Guru_Nanak_Dev_University|Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar]] - Member Syndicate
*Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee- Secretary Punjab.
*Formerly, President, District Congress Committee, Tarn-Taran

== References ==
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==Sources==
*[http://www.yespunjab.com/info4u/item/110840-dharambir-agnihotri-congress-candidate-tarn-taran-profile bio from Yes Punjab]
*[http://www.punjabdata.com/Punjab-Assembly/Tarn-Taran-MLA.html Punjab data entry on Agnihotri]

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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]

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