Harjit Singh Grewal is an Indian politician and member of Bhartiya Janta Party. He is one of the senior leaders of the Bhartiya Janta Party. He served as the State Vice President of the Bhartiya Janta Party of the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

. He is currently serving as a member of the National Executive of the

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

Political career

Harjit Singh Grewal played a key role in the farmers' protest. Grewal met the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

as well as the

Union Home Minister The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, short-form HM) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most officers in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Home Minist ...

on several occasions to resolve the issue of the farmers' protest. He also remained as the Chairman of Khadi Board. He was one of the Star Campaigners for BJP in Punjab for the 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections. He contested the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directl ...

Elections in 2017 from Rajpura. During the farmers' protest, Grewal advised the SGPC that being a purely religious body, by getting involved into the farmers’ agitation, the SGPC is going completely against the mandate given to it under The

Sikh Gurdwaras Act The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 was a piece of legislation in British India which legally defined Sikh identity and brought Sikh gurdwaras (houses of worship) under the control of an elected body of orthodox Sikhs. Gurdwara reform movement Prior to ...

, 1925 and

Act 8 of 1925 that describe the prime role of the SGPC to manage gurdwara affairs. During the farmers' protest Grewal was a part of the committee that was made to discuss the issues of the farmers' protest. When

Narendra Modi's security was breached in

, Grewal claimed that windows of some buses were smashed and some workers were beaten up who were coming to attend the rally of the

. In November 2021, Grewal was amongst the BJP leaders who met the

seeking to reopen the Kartarpur corridor before the

Gurpurab Gurpurab ( Punjabi: ਗੁਰਪੁਰਬ ) in Sikh tradition is a celebration of an anniversary of a Guru's birth marked by the holding of a festival. There are indications in the old chronicles that the gurus who succeeded Guru Nanak celeb ...

. In the month of July, 2021 some farmers entered Grewal's fields and destroyed the paddy saplings transplanted on 1.5 acres of land in Dhanaula,

Barnala Barnala is a city in the state of Punjab of India. Barnala city serves as the headquarters of the Barnala district which was formed in 2006. Prior to formation of Barnala district, this city was located in Sangrur district. It is situated ne ...

. An FIR was registered against the farmers who were involved in destroying the paddy saplings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grewal, Harjit Singh Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab People from Barnala district Indian politicians Indian Sikhs Punjabi people Year of birth missing (living people)