Sandeep Jakhar

Sandeep Jakhar
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byArun Narang
ConstituencyAbohar
Personal details
Born21 May 1976
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
SpouseAtsuko Jakhar
ChildrenMeera Jakhar
Parent
  • Surinder Jakhar (father)
RelativesSunil Jakhar (Uncle)
Residence(s)VPO Panjkosi Tehsil Abohar, Distt. Fazilka
Alma materMayo College, Ajmer
ProfessionAgriculture

Sandeep Jakhar is an Indian politician and a former member of Indian National Congress. He is currently serving as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Abohar.[1] He defeated BJP Leader Arun Narang from Abohar in 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections.[2] He is the nephew of Punjab BJP Unit President Sunil Jakhar.[3][4]

Personal life

Sandeep belongs to a prominent Hindu Jat family from Abohar. His family has been associated with the Congress Party from three generations.Sandeep is an alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer. Sandeep studied for two years in Switzerland before graduating from Miami. He worked as head of Country Club in Florida. He is married to Atsuko Jakhar.[5]

Sandeep's father, Surinder Jakhar has served as chairman of Asia’s cooperative fertiliser giant IFFCO for four terms and chief of Asian Cooperative Alliance for two terms.[6]

Political career

His grandfather Balram Jakhar has served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Union agriculture minister during the Narasimha Rao government. Balram Jakhar was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

His uncle Sunil Jakhar is a 3-time MLA,1- time MP and former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.[7]

Sandeep has served as district President of Youth Congress Unit in Punjab.[8]

MLA

Sandeep contested his first Punjab Legislative Assembly elections in 2022 from his family's traditional seat Abohar and won by a margin of 5,471 votes.[9] 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.[10]

Electoral Performance

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Abohar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sandeep Jakhar [11] 49,924 37.51
AAP Deep Kamboj 44,453 33.40
SAD Mohinder Kumar Rinwa 14,345 10.78
BJP Arun Narang 21,534 16.18
Independent Baljinder Singh 899 0.68
NOTA None of the above 726 0.55
Majority
Turnout 133096
Registered electors 178,739 [12]


References

  1. ^ "sandeep-jakhar in Punjab Assembly Elections 2022". News18. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Abohar, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: INC's Sandeep Jakhar with 49924 defeats AAP's Kuldeep Kumar Alias Deep Kamboj". India Today. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Sandeep fourth Jakhar to enter election arena". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ^ "BJP appoints Hindu Jat face Sunil Jakhar as its Punjab president". The Times of India. 4 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ^ "From a corporate honcho to social worker and now a candidate from Abohar: Meet the new Jakhar on the block". The Indian Express. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Sandeep fourth Jakhar to enter election arena". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  7. ^ "From a corporate honcho to social worker and now a candidate from Abohar: Meet the new Jakhar on the block". The Indian Express. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Punjab polls: Meet 12 first-timers in fray from Congress". Hindustan Times. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Abohar Election Result 2022: Congress' Sandeep Jakhar's defeats AAP's Kuldeep Kumar by 5,471 votes". cnbctv18.com. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  10. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.