Bikram Singh Majithia

Bikram Singh Majithia is an Indian politician, and a former cabinet minister in the Punjab Government. He won 2007 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency and again won in 2012.[1] He belongs to Shiromani Akali Dal and is president of its Youth Wing, Youth Akali Dal.[2][3]

Bikramjit Singh Majithia
MLA, Punjab
Assumed office
2007
Preceded bySwinder Singh
ConstituencyMajitha
Minister for Information & Public Relations
Minister for Environment & Non- Conventional Energy
In office
2007 – 2017
Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal
Preceded byCapt. Amarinder Singh
Minister for Water Supply & Sanitation
In office
2007 – 2012
Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal
Preceded byCapt. Amarinder Singh
Succeeded byJagir Kaur
Minister for Science Technology
In office
2007 – 2012
Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal
Preceded byRakesh Pandey
Succeeded byParkash Singh Badal
Minister for Revenue & Rehabilitation
In office
2012 – 2017
Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal
Preceded byAjit Singh Kohar
Minister for NRI Affairs
In office
2012 – 2017
Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal
Preceded byParkash Singh Badal
Personal details
Born (1975-03-01) 1 March 1975
NationalityIndian
Political partyShiromani Akali Dal
Spouse(s)Ganieve Grewal
Children2

He was born in 1976. His father Satyajit Singh Majithia is a former Deputy Defence Minister. He is the younger brother of Bathinda MP, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and brother-in-law of Ex. Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal. Bikram was married to Ganieve Grewal in November 2009.[4] They have two Sons.

Political career

He first won the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency in 2007, again won in 2017.[5] He won again from the same constituency in 2012 assembly elections.[1] Subsequently he was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet.[6] He is ex minister of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Information & Public Relations and Non Conventional Energy.[7]

References
  1. Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012 Archived 6 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Organisation Structure Akali Dal". Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. "Youth Akali Dal Website". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  4. "The Big Fat Punjabi Wedding". The Tribune. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. "BIKRAM SINGH MAJITHIA(SAD):Constituency- Majitha(Amritsar) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. Pandher, Sarabjit (14 March 2012). "BJP loses one berth in new Badal Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  7. "Council of Ministers – Government of Punjab, India". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.