Balwan Poonia

Balwan Pooniaa
Balwan Pooniaa
Bhadra
Personal details
Born	malkhera Bhadra, Rajasthan
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Residence	Bhadra, Rajasthan
Occupation	Farmer Activist, Agriculturist
Profession	Politician and Agriculture
Portfolio	Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Bhadra (Rajasthan) & Joint Secretary Kisan Sabha Rajasthan.

Balwan Poonia is an Indian politician and farmer activist from

Bhadra constituency as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

.

Political career

Poonia is the Joint Secretary of the Rajasthan unit of the

Bhadra constituency defeating incumbent BJP MLA Sanjeev Kumar by over 23,000 votes.^[1]^[2]

Poonia ran in the 2019 Indian General elections as the CPI (M) candidate for the

Churu Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] Poonia finished a distant third with 1.89% of the vole behind the BJP winner, Rahul Kaswan, who won with nearly 60%, and INC's Rafique Mandelia, who got 34.5% of the vote.^[4]

In 2020, the CPI(M) has suspended its MLA Balwan Poonia from the party for a year.^[citation needed] The party has taken suspension action for breaking discipline. CPI(M) state secretary Amraram gave this information. He said that this decision was taken in the meeting of the State Secretariat. Amraram told that party discipline was broken by Poonia in the Rajya Sabha elections, in which he has been held guilty of acting contrary to the decision of the party. Due to this, it has been decided to suspend Balwan Poonia's party membership for one year. Along with this, show cause notice was also given to Balwan Poonia.^[5]

Farmer activism

He said the governor should apprise the Centre of the sentiments of farmers from Rajasthan.^[6]

References

^ Shilpa Shaji (12 December 2018). "Kisan Leaders Balwan Poonia, Giridharlal Mahiya Storm Into Rajasthan Assembly". Newsclick.in.
^ "CPM cashes in on farmers' fury, wins two seats in Rajasthan". Manorama. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ "भादरा विधायक बलवान पूनिया होंगे चूरू में माकपा के प्रत्याशी". Dainik Bhaskar. 6 April 2019.
^ "CHURU RESULT LIVE". News18.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "माकपा ने विधायक बलवान पूनिया को एक साल के लिए पार्टी से निलंबित किया, राज्यसभा चुनाव में पार्टी का निर्णय नहीं माना था". Bhaskar. Bhaskar. Bhaskar. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "Rajasthan: CPM MLA Balwan Poonia raises slogan in support of farmers in the state assembly". Times of India. Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

External links

Balwan Poonia on
Twitter

[1] Shilpa Shaji (12 December 2018). "Kisan Leaders Balwan Poonia, Giridharlal Mahiya Storm Into Rajasthan Assembly". Newsclick.in.

[2] "CPM cashes in on farmers' fury, wins two seats in Rajasthan". Manorama. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[3] "भादरा विधायक बलवान पूनिया होंगे चूरू में माकपा के प्रत्याशी". Dainik Bhaskar. 6 April 2019.

[4] "CHURU RESULT LIVE". News18.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[5] "माकपा ने विधायक बलवान पूनिया को एक साल के लिए पार्टी से निलंबित किया, राज्यसभा चुनाव में पार्टी का निर्णय नहीं माना था". Bhaskar. Bhaskar. Bhaskar. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[6] "Rajasthan: CPM MLA Balwan Poonia raises slogan in support of farmers in the state assembly". Times of India. Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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