Jai Krishan Singh

Jai Krishan Singh Rouri
Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 June 2022
SpeakerKultar Singh Sandhwan
Preceded byAjaib Singh Bhatti
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
for Garhshankar Assembly constituency
In office
11 March 2017 – Incumbent
Preceded bySurinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan
MajorityAam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Born (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 41)
Garhshankar, Punjab, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Children2
Residence(s)Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur
OccupationPolitician, agriculture, photographer
WebsiteMembers

Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly. He is second term MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Garhshankar Assembly constituency in Punjab, India, serving since 2017. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He won a second consecutive term in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election by margin of 4179 votes.

Early life

He worked as a farmer and a wedding photographer in Garhshankar.[1][2]

Political career

He contested the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket and defeated Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2022 he won in multi cornered election by a margin of more than 4000 votes.[3] On 30 June 2022 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Garhshankar Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2017. He was re-elected for a second term in 2022.[4] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[5]

On 30 June 2022, he was unanimously elected as the Deputy speaker in the 16th Punjab Assembly. AAP member Baljinder Kaur had proposed his name.[1]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Garhshankar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jai Kishan Singh Rori 41,720 33.50
SAD Surinder Singh Heer 40,070 32.18
INC Lov Kumar Goldy 31,909 25.62
BSP Bakhsish Singh 6031 4.84
CPI(M) Harbhajan Singh 2217 1.78
NOTA None of the above 1121 0.90
Majority
Turnout 125658
Registered electors 169,609 [11]
AAP gain from SAD Swing
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2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Garhshankar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jai Kishan Singh Rori[12] 32,341
INC Amarpreet Lally[13] 28162
SAD Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan 24735
NOTA None of the above 1078
Majority 4179 3.42
Turnout
Registered electors 175,287 [14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is new Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly". The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
  3. ^ Sharma, Manraj Grewal (18 March 2017). "AAPosition in Punjab House: A lineman, a taxi driver, and other 'outsiders'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2018. Jai Krishan Singh Rodi, 33, the AAP winner from Garhshankar, who defeated two-time Congress MLA Luv Kumar Goldy among others...
  4. ^ "Garhshankar (Punjab) Assembly Election Results 2022 Live: Winner, Runner-up". The Indian Express. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  7. ^ Deputy speaker (Ex-Officio Chairman)
  8. ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  9. ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
  11. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.