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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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|name = Sarup Chand Singla | |name = Sarup Chand Singla | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|office = Chief Parliamentary Secretary | |office = Chief Parliamentary Secretary | ||
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]] | | primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]] | ||
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In 2012, he again ran for the office from Bathinda Urban constituency and won the elections.<ref>[http://www.myneta.info/pb2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=83 Sarup Chand Singla 2012]</ref> On April 10, 2012 he was appointed as chief parliamentary secretary.<ref name = "cps" /> In 2014, he was appointed as junior vice-president of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] and was given the responsibility of campaigning along with 39 other party workers during elections of Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/SAD_PB2014.pdf Shiromani Akali Dal declaration]</ref> Later this year he was also given charge of Traders' wing of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. | In 2012, he again ran for the office from Bathinda Urban constituency and won the elections.<ref>[http://www.myneta.info/pb2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=83 Sarup Chand Singla 2012]</ref> On April 10, 2012 he was appointed as chief parliamentary secretary.<ref name = "cps" /> In 2014, he was appointed as junior vice-president of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] and was given the responsibility of campaigning along with 39 other party workers during elections of Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/SAD_PB2014.pdf Shiromani Akali Dal declaration]</ref> Later this year he was also given charge of Traders' wing of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. | ||
In 2017, he contested again but ended up in the third position after the congress and AAP candidate respectively. It was also observed that he lost nearly half of his vote bank, due to anti-incumbency. | |||
==Industrial career== | ==Industrial career== | ||