Baljinder Kaur (Punjab politician)

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Baljinder Kaur
File:Baljinder Kaur Official portrait 2017.jpg
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly[2]
Assumed office
2017[1]
Preceded byJeetmohinder Singh Sidhu
ConstituencyTalwandi Sabo
Personal details
Born (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 37)
Talwandi Sabo, Punjab
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Spouse(s)Sukhraj Singh
Parent(s)Darshan Singh and Ranjit Kaur

Baljinder Kaur is an Indian politician. She is a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Personal life[edit]

Kaur did her M. Phil from Punjabi University, Patiala in 2009. Before joining politics she was a professor of English at Mata Gujri College at Fatehgarh Sahib.[3] She married Sukhraj Singh in February 2019; he is also a politician from Aam Aadmi Party.[4] She has one daughter

Political career[edit]

In 2011 Kaur joined the Indian anti-corruption movement and in 2012 joined Aam Aadmi Party. The first time she contested bypoll election from Talwandi Sabo Assembly Constituency in 2014 but lost the election.[5] However, in the 2017 election she defeated Jeetmohinder Singh of Shiromani Akali Dal with a margin of 19,293 votes.

In the 2019 Indian general election in Punjab she was declared the candidate from Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency) by the party.[6] However she lost the election and stood at third place.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Baljinder Kaur won from talwandi sabo". Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via www.india.com.
  2. ↑ "punjabassembly member". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ↑ aamaadmiparty.org
  4. ↑ "AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur engaged to Party youth wing leader".
  5. ↑ "Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu wins talwandi sabo bypoll election".
  6. ↑ "AAP names talwandi sabo MLA Baljinder Kaur as its Bathinda candidate".
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