Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi

Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
Government of Punjab
In office
21 April 2018 – 18 September 2021
Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh
Succeeded byPargat Singh
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2002 – 11 March 2022
Preceded byParamjit Singh
ConstituencyGuru Har Sahai
Personal details
Born (1954-01-09) 9 January 1954 (age 70)
Firozpur, Punjab
Political partyBJP (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations		INC (till 2021)
SpouseRita Sodhi
Parents
  • Narjit Singh Sodhi (father)
  • Raj Kumari (mother)
Source: [1]

Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi (born 9 January 1954) is an Indian Politician and a Bharatiya Janata Party[1] Leader in Punjab and a former International Shooter. Sodhi was earlier in Congress Party and has been a Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Guru Har Sahai in Firozpur district of Punjab since 2002.[2][3]

Political career

He became a member of the Youth Congress in 1976.[4]

He had been elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017 consecutively. Prior to this, he also functioned as Chief Whip of the Congress Legislative Party. In April 2018, he was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet as a Cabinet Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs.[5]

Before the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi resigned from the Congress Party and joined the BJP in December, 2021.[6] Sodhi was the Sports Minister in the former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh's Cabinet, but was excluded from new chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s ministry.

Double compensation case

He is named in the double compensation scams related to land acquired by the government. An inter-departmental committee under the Chief Secretary had in 2020 indicted the minister for taking double compensation for land acquired at Mohan Ke Uttar village in Ferozepur during the previous SAD-BJP government in July 2014. A case for recovery of rupees 1.83 crores is pending in the Supreme Court of India. Cases of double compensation scams related to land acquired by the Government of India (of Rupees 1.83 crores) are pending against him in the Supreme Court of India.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Another Blow for Congress in Punjab as Ex-Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi Joins BJP". News18.com.
  2. ^ "Ministers". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Punjab Congress MLA Gurmeet Singh Sodhi in Siddhi Gall with Prabhu Chawla - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Punjab Congress MLA Gurmeet Singh Sodhi in Siddhi Gall with Prabhu Chawla". www.youtube.com. PTC News. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Gurmeet Singh Sodhi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- GURU HAR SAHAI(FIROZEPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Another Blow for Congress in Punjab as Ex-Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi Joins BJP". News18.com.
  7. ^ "SC notice to Rana Sodhi: SAD-BJP should explain compensation fraud under their rule, says Jakhar". The Indian Express. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.