Jagmohan Singh Kang is an Indian politician and a member of

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 a member of

Punjab Vidhan Sabha 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, direct ...

from Kharar from 2012 to 2017. From 2002 to 2007 he was the Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development Tourism & Fisheries in Punjab Government.

Early life

His father's name was Late S. Surinderpal Singh Kang. He was IPS (Retd.) & Ex-Army Officer. He was from Traditional Congress Jat Sikh family of Village Shahidgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib District and Boor Majra in Ropar District with agriculturist background.

Political career

Jagmohan Singh Kang was the MLA from Kharar. He was associated with Indian National Congress till January, 2022. He was elected as MLA from this vidhan sabha seat in the elections held in 2012. He won by a margin of 6776 votes. Ujagar Singh of SAD was the trailing candidate. In 2017 he was the candidate from INC and lost to Kanwar Sandhu (AAP) by a margin of 2012 votes. He secured 52159 votes.

Positions Held

1976-80 : Convener, Art and Culture Cell of Pb.Youth Congress 1982-1985: Vice-President, Punjab Youth Congress 1982-1992 : Member Executive, Punjab Pradesh Congress (I) 1985- 1987 : Member National Council of Indian Youth Congress (I) 1997-2001 : General Secretary, P.P.C.C. P.R.O. Mizoram for A.I.C.C. elections 2001. Member A.I.C.C. 2002-2007 : MLA, Punjab Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development, Sports, Youth Services and Tourism Minister, Punjab 2010 : Member Election Authority & Addl. PRO Uttar Pradesh Organizational Election 2012-2017 : MLA from Kharar, Punjab He was elected to 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 ...

in 1992 from Morinda. He was re-elected from Morinda in 2002 and from Kharar in 2012. In 2012 he was made a cabinet minister in Punjab and given portfolios of Housing & Urban Development.

Aam Aadmi Party

On 1 February 2022, he joined

after quitting

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. His two sons also joined AAP.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh Kang, Jagmohan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007 Punjab, India MLAs 1992–1997 Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India Former members of Indian National Congress from Punjab