Jarnail Singh (born 15 March 1981) is an
Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) politician. He was elected to the
Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
The Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 28 December 2013 after the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections on 4 December 2013.
Election and Government formation
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in 2013, in 2015 for
Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
The Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month. Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly.
His ...
and in 2020 for
Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi
The Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 16 February 2020 after the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier on 8 February 2020 and the results were announced on 11 February 2020. It is the legislativ ...
. He is three times representative for
Tilak Nagar constituency.
Personal life
Jarnail Singh was born on 15 March 1981 in Rampur. He was brought up in Delhi by his father, Harbajan Singh who was a farmer, now a businessman and mother Surjit Kaur.
Jarnail Singh completed his education till 12th grade. In the year 2006, he became the General Secretary of Water Purification and treatment equipment manufacturer association (WAPTEMA).
In 2010, he married Sukhjeet Kaur.
Currently, he is positioned as the Chairman of WAPTEMA.
Career
Politics
Punjab Elections 2022
Jarnail Singh was appointed the in-charge of AAP Punjab unit ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.
Delhi Elections
In December 2013, the newly formed Aam Aadmi Party contested elections for the first time and thereby Jarnail Singh won the elections and became the “Youngest Sikh MLA” of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He defeated Rajiv Babbar, the son of 3-time MLA OP Babbar, by over 2000 votes.
In the same year, Jarnail was elected as the chairman of the District Development Committee.
The AAP minority government dissolved 49 days after the 2013 elections and a period of
President's Rule commenced. In 2014, he was appointed the first President of AAP youth wing.
At the
subsequent elections in February 2015 and 2020, Singh was again elected as MLA for Tilak Nagar.
Activism
In 2011,
Anna Hazare launched the
Jan Lokpal movement. Jarnail Singh was involved in this movement.
Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)
Since 2020, he is an elected member of the
7th Delhi Assembly
The Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 16 February 2020 after the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier on 8 February 2020 and the results were announced on 11 February 2020. It is the legislativ ...
.
;
Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly
* Chairperson (2022-2023),
Committee on Government Undertakings
Electoral performance
References
External links
Affidavit
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1981 births
Living people
People from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi MLAs 2013–2015
Delhi MLAs 2015–2020
Delhi MLAs 2020–2025
Aam Aadmi Party MLAs from Delhi