Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer is a two time

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of the

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from Barnala constituency. He is a Cabinet Minister in th
Government of Punjab
He first won the Legislative Assembly elections from 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 ...

in 2017 by defeating the Indian National Congress's candidate

Kewal Singh Dhillon Kewal Singh Dhillon is an Indian politician and member of Bharatiya Janata Party since June 2022. Early life and education Dhillon was born on 16 May 1950 in the village of Tallewal, Barnala. He got his preliminary education in Barnala and ...

. In the 2022 Legislative Assembly elections, he again won the Barnala constituency by a huge margin by securing almost 50% of the votes polled. He holds five important portfolios in the

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, wherein he is th
Minister
of the Departments of Higher Education & Languages, Governance Reforms, Sports & Youth Services , Science Technology & Environment and Printing & Stationery. He is also the incharge of the Youth Wing of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. His fields of interest are Sports, Environment & Climate Change and he is a wildlife lover who roots for the cause of Animal Welfare.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

First Term

Hayer was first elected as an MLA in the

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 ...

. He represented the

Barnala Assembly constituency Barnala Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 103) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Barnala district, Punjab state, India. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2022 2017 Previous Results ...

in the

. ; Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly *Chairman (2021–22) Committee on Estimates

Second Term

Hayer was re-elected as the MLA from Barnala Assembly constituency 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 ...

with getting almost 50% of the votes polled giving him a comprehensive win over his nearest rival. 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

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on 16 March 2022. Hayer took oath as a Cabinet Minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in

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. As a cabinet minister in the

, Hayer was initially given the charge of three departments of the Punjab Government: # Department of School Education (March - July 2022) # Department of Sports and Youth Services # Department of Higher Education and Languages On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of his cabinet of ministers with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government. Hayer has now been given the charge of following departments. : On 7 January 2023, during the cabinet reshuffle,his portfolios were changed and he has now been given the charge of following departments. :

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Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Place of birth missing (living people) People from Barnala Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India 1989 births Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 Mann ministry Education Ministers of Punjab, India {{PunjabIN-politician-stub