Dr. Baljit Kaur is an Indian politician and an eye surgeon. She was elected to the Malout Assembly constituency, Punjab in the

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022. The Aam Aadmi P ...

as a member 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 ...

Career

She worked as an eye surgeon in the government run Muktsar civil hospital. She resigned from her job and joined AAP.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Kaur was elected as the MLA in the

. She represented the Malout Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the

sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes declaration of results was done on 10 ...

by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the

. MP

Bhagwant Mann Bhagwant Singh Mann (born 17 October 1973) is an Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Punjab. He leads the cabinet ministry of Punjab and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a former actor, comedian and satirist. He previous ...

was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022. She took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh. Eight ministers including Kaur who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs. As a cabinet minister in the

Mann ministry The Bhagwant Mann ministry is the State Cabinet of Punjab, India headed by the present List of chief ministers of Punjab (India), Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The oath-taking ceremony of Mann was held at Khatkar Kalan village on 16 March 2022. T ...

Kaur was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government: # Department of Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities # Department of Social Security and Development of Women and Children

Electoral performance

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India People from Punjab, India Mann ministry {{PunjabIN-AAP-politician-stub