Rana K. P. Singh

Rana Kanwar Pal Singh
Speaker of Punjab assembly
In office
27 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
GovernorV. P. Singh Badnore
Preceded byCharanjit Singh Atwal
ConstituencyAnandpur Sahib
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
2002, 2007, 2017 – 10 March 2022
ConstituencyAnandpur Sahib
Personal details
Born (1957-10-16) 16 October 1957 (age 67)
Jhandian (Punjab, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Children1 Son and 2 Daughters
ResidenceRupnagar
As of 26 June, 2018
Source: [1]

Rana Kanwar Pal Singh, popularly known as Rana K.P. (born 16 October 1957) is an Indian politician from INC, and was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly thrice.[1][2] He was the Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2017-2022.[3]

Early life and education

Early life

Singh was born in a Prominent Hindu Rajput Katoch family in Rupnagar. He is the head of the Jhandian family of the Katoch clan. His family owns vast lands and orchards in Punjab and had a big holding of lands in Lyalpur of pre-partition Punjab also.[citation needed]

Education

After completing his primary education/schooling from Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar, he did his graduation from Government College, Ropar. Subsequently, he obtained the professional degree of LLB and started practice as an Advocate. As a practicing lawyer he had very successful career in advocacy.[citation needed]

Political career

A voracious reader by nature, he took a keen interest in agriculture apart from being a successful lawyer. He joined Indian National Congress through its youth organization Youth Congress in the year 1975 and since then he has been working continuously and untiringly for the people of Ropar district.[4] He has contested assembly elections from Nangal and Anandpur Sahib constituency for five times since 2002.[5]

He was elected as MLA from Nangal Constituency and Anandpur Sahib constituency in 2002,2007,2017. In 2004 he was appointed as a Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and later he was made Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Industry & Commerce) in Punjab Government. He worked as a Chairman of various Assembly Committees. Apart from being associated with party organizations, he was also appointed Senator in Punjab University from the year 2002–07.[6]

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Anandpur Sahib[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kanwar Pal Singh 60800 45.01
BJP Dr. Parminder Sharma 36919 27.33
AAP Sanjeev Gautam 30304 22.43
Independent Nutan Kumar Urf Nitin Nanda 2092 1.55
BSP Gurcharan Singh Khalsa 1442 1.07
CPI(M) Mohinder Singh 1026 0.76
Independent Pritam Singh Bharatgarh 602 0.45
PDP Subhash Chander Sharma 518 0.38
SAD(A) Harbhjn Singh 517 0.38
NOTA None of the above 858 0.64
Majority 23881 32.29
Registered electors 180,222 [9]
INC gain from BJP
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Anandpur Sahib[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Harjot Singh Bains[11] 82,132 57.92
INC Kanwarpal Singh[12] 36352 25.63
NOTA None of the above 1290 0.91
Majority 45,780 32.29
Turnout 141809
Registered electors 193,750 [13]
AAP gain from INC

Personal life

Family

He married Rani Shashi Kanta a Bhati Rajput on 6 May 1981. He has two daughters (Married and one son all married.[citation needed]

Other works

He is associated with various Congress party organizations and served the same as, Gen. Sec. Punjab Youth Cong., Gen. Sec. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Spokesman Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and Member of All India Congress Committee and Vice President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He is against putting Rajput Sikhs in Backward Class because of their glorious past and was also appointed Patron of 'All India Rajput Kashatriya Mahasabha'.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Speaker". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Know the new Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker, Rana KP Singh". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Speaker". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Indian Constitution is best, says Rana KP". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "SAD pushes for discussion on power hike, 'scams'". The Indian Express. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Shri Rana K.P. Singh | Lok Sabha Television".
  7. ^ "Amritsar Central Assembly election result, 2012". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  8. ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  14. ^ nationnews.in; www.nationnews.in; Desk, Nation News (23 June 2019). "Rana KP appointed as Chief Patron of All India Rajput Students' Aid Society". NationNews -Nation News worlds's Top News Web Portal www.nationnews.in. Retrieved 17 August 2020. {{cite web}}: |last3= has generic name (help)