Daljit Singh Grewal is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Ludhiana East Assembly constituency in the

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. He is 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 ...

. He was elected as the MLA in the

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Political career

Daljit Singh Grewal started his political career in 2008 by contesting Ludhiana Municipal Elections as an

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. He registered an easy win and became councilor of Ward No.8. Daljit Singh soon became popular as a political figure. He then filed as an independent candidate in 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly Elections from Ludhiana East constituency. Under the election symbol letter box he got more than 20 thousand votes but gradually lost to Akali Dal's Ranjit Singh Dhillon. In the next Municipal Elections he was again elected as councilor of Ward No. 8 and he got highest lead in the city. In 2014 he joined Team Insaaf led by

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. They protested against the at time Akali Dal's government and raised question against illegal works of mining, transportation and many more issues. In 2016, Daljit Singh Grewal parted ways with Team Insaaf and joined

. He was given party ticket from Ludhiana East for 2017 Punjab Assembly Elections. He got second highest votes and lost to Congress’ Sanjay Talwar by 1581 votes. After the elections he was made Aam Aadmi Ludhiana Urban's president. In 2018 Ludhiana Municipal Elections, his wife Balwinder Grewal contested and was chosen as councilor of Ward Number 11. In 2019 he left AAP. This came as a huge shock to AAP. He later joined

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. But his time at INC came short due to bad leadership of Capt. Amrinder Singh led government. After 2 years stay at INC he again joined AAP. Raghav Chadha and other senior leaders were present at his joining day.

MLA

he was again chosen as AAP's candidate from Ludhiana East. He won the elections by lead of 35873 votes and became MLA of Ludhiana East. Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the

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by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the

. ; Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly *Member (2022–23) Committee on Questions & References * Member (2022–23) Committee on Co-operation and its allied activities

Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grewal, Daljit Singh Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India Year of birth missing (living people)