Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

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Amrinder Singh (Raja Warring)
Government of Punjab
In office
20 September 2021 – 11 March 2022
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2012
Preceded byManpreet Singh Badal
ConstituencyGidderbaha
Personal details
Born (1977-11-29) 29 November 1977 (age 46)
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseAmrita Warring
Children2
Residence(s)Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab

Amrinder Singh Brar, (born 29 November 1977)

Transport Minister[2] of the state of Punjab, India under the Government of Charanjit Singh Channi
.

Political career

Warring was also president of the Indian Youth Congress, the youth division of Indian National Congress, from December 2014 to May 2018.[3]

MLA Gidderbaha

An elected

Member of Legislative Assembly from Gidderbaha,[3] district Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab to the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[3]

MLA second term

In March 2017, he was elected as an MLA[3] for the second successive time, after completing his first term from 2012–2017.[4] He served as the Transport Minister in the Punjab government.[5]

Warring contested from Bathinda constituency in the 2019 Indian general election against Harsimrat Kaur Badal but lost the elections by over 20,000 votes.[6]

MLA third term

During the campaign for the

Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[7]

On 9 April 2022, Warring was appointed by the national leadership of Congress as the chief of Congress in Punjab.[8]

Family

Born to Kuldeep Singh and Malkeet Kaur, he lost his parents when he was still a child, and was brought up by his maternal uncles, later brought up by Sindhwani Family.[9] He is married to Amrita J. Singh, and he has a son and a daughter.[10] He was earlier known as Raja Sotha, with Sotha being the name of his maternal village. Later, he began using the name of his paternal village called Warring.

References

  1. ^ a b "Know Your PAN". incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Punjab portfolios: CM Channi keeps vigilance, mining, power; deputy Randhawa gets home, Soni health". Hindustan Times. 28 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Dhaliwal, Shub Karman. "Punjab Elections Results 2017: Panjab University alumni script success story, win Assembly poll". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ Kamali, Neel (18 August 2016). "Sukhbir's bid to regain Gidderbaha back for SAD". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b "In Muktsar, novel ways to reach out to voters". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Bathinda Elections 2019: Punjab Lok Sabha Constituency Poll Dates, Parliamentary Election, Candidates, Schedule, Latest News | Opinion Poll, Exit Poll, 2014 Election Results and Survey Online". Firstpost. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  7. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Punjab Congress appointments: High command tries to maintain region, experience and caste balance". Tribuneindia News Service. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  9. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Slip of the tongue". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by President
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

2022 – present
Incumbent