Sucha Singh Chhotepur is an Indian politician and vice-president of

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are many ...

. He was born in Punjab. He was former state convener of the

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

(AAP) for

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. He is the former state Minister of Tourism and a former independent member of the

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Political career

Chhotepur is son in law of

President

Mohan Singh Tur Mohan Singh Tur (1915–1979) was an Indian politician and former Jathedar of Akal Takht and president of Shiromani Akali Dal . He was also known as Jathedar Mohan Singh Tur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of ...

. He was elected sarpanch of Chhotepur village in Majha region of

in 1975. In 1985, he won Dhariwal constituency in Gurdaspur district and became minister for health and tourism in Surjit Singh Barnala government. He resigned from government in a protest against the government actions at the Golden Temple. He again contested as an independent candidate in 1997 state election from Dhariwal constituency. He contested 2002 state election from Dhariwal constituency and won the seat as an Independent by margin of 80 votes against

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. In 2009, Chhotepur joined the Indian National Congress in presence of Captain Amarinder Singh in Gurdaspur. He helped

Partap Singh Bajwa Partap Singh Bajwa is an Indian politician having served as a member of the Lok Sabha representing Gurdaspur in Punjab (India), Punjab from 2009 to 2014. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly ...

to defeat Vinod Khanna of

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by 8,342 votes. In 2012 state election, Chhotepur again contested as Independent lost to

Charanjit Kaur Bajwa Charanjit Kaur Bajwa is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. She was Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represented Qadian. She is the wife of the former Punjab Pradesh Congress committee president and Ex Member ...

a wife of

and came third but got 17000 votes. In 2014 elections, he became

Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal (Hindi: �ɾʋin̪d̪ ked͡ʒɾiːʋaːl born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, former bureaucrat, and activist who is the 7th and current Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. Currently, he is the national conv ...

's go to man in

. He became the AAP convener for

. In 2017, Chhotepur launched Aapna Punjab Party which led to losses for the Aap in Punjab and stuck it to 20 seats . On 9 December 2021, he joined

just before

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and will contest from Batala. In

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he contested from

Batala Assembly constituency Batala Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 7) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Gurdaspur district, Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical ...

but lost the election to

Amansher Singh Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) is an Indian politician and MLA from Batala Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. Member of Legislative Assembly He represents the Batala Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. The ...

Aapna Punjab Party

Aapna Punjab Party (APP) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in India, established in 2016 by Chhotepur Party contested on 78 seats in

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017. The ruling pre-election coalition w ...

however all candidates forfeited their deposit. It got only 37,475 votes and overall 0.24% voteshare. On 9 December 2021, with the joining of Akali dal by party president Sucha Singh Chhotepur, party officially merged into Sanyukt Samaj Morcha on 16 January 2022.Aapna Punjab Party merges into Sanyukt Samaj Morcha
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chhotepur, Sucha Singh Shiromani Akali Dal politicians Indian National Congress politicians Former members of Aam Aadmi Party from Punjab 21st-century Indian politicians Living people Punjab, India MLAs 1985–1990 State cabinet ministers of Punjab, India 1953 births Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007

Political career

Aapna Punjab Party

See also

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