Arun Narang is a

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politician from

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. From 2017-2022 he represented Abohar Assembly constituency in the

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. He lost his bid for re-election in the

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Member of Legislative Assembly

He was elected as

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from Abohar Assembly constituency as candidate of

. His five year term of MLA ended in 2022 and he lost his re-election bid.

Farm laws

Narang supports BJP's

2020 Indian agriculture acts The Indian agriculture acts of 2020, often termed the Farm Bills, were three acts initiated by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The Lok Sabha approved the bills on 17 September 2020 and the Rajya Sabha on 20 September 2020. The Presid ...

(commonly known as the farm laws).

2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions ...

was launched to protest against the implementation of the new laws. In November 2020, he was gheraoed by the protesting farmers in Lambi Assembly segment in Muktsar district and forced to sit on the road.

Assault case in Malout

On March 27, 2021, Narang was visiting

Malout Malout is a town, just outside of Muktsar Sahib city in the Muktsar district of the Indian state of Punjab. It is in the southern Punjab "cotton belt", where production per kilometer is one of the highest in India. Malout is on NH-354 and NH- ...

town in

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of Punjab for a press conference to explain the benefits of the farm laws to the farmers. On his arrival to the

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office, the protesting farmers angry with the farm laws threw black ink at him. Police official escorted Narang to a local shop, but upon returning from it, the protestors allegedly thrashed Narang, tore his clothes and stripped him naked. He was later escorted by the police to a safe place.

condemned the attack on MLA. Samyukta Kisan Morcha appealed to all protestors to remain peaceful. An

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has been registered against 250-300 unknown protestors.

2022 Assembly election

He contested in the

for re-election as BJP candidate. Narang won only 16.18% of the total number of votes polled and came on third position behind Sandeep Jakhar of

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and Kuldeep Kumar alias Deep Kamboj 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 ...

Political positions

Narang supports BJP's

(commonly known as the farm laws).

References

Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Year of birth missing (living people) People from Fazilka district {{PunjabIN-BJP-politician-stub