Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is

Deputy speaker The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...

of Punjab Assembly. He is second term MLA in the

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representing the Garhshankar Assembly constituency in

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, serving since 2017. 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 won a second consecutive term 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 ...

by margin of 4179 votes.

Early life

He worked as a farmer and a wedding photographer in Garhshankar.

Political career

He contested the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections on the

ticket and defeated Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan of

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are many ...

. In 2022 he won in multi cornered election by a margin of more than 4000 votes. On 30 June 2022 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Garhshankar Assembly constituency as MLA in

since 2017. He was re-elected for a second term in 2022. 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

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was sworn in as

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on 16 March 2022. On 30 June 2022, he was unanimously elected as the

in the

16th Punjab 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 ...

. AAP member

Baljinder Kaur Baljinder Kaur is an Indian actress who has appeared in Haryanvi, Hindi and Tamil films. Career Kaur was born and brought up in the village of Bhondian near Bhogpur, Punjab. She developed an interest in theatre during her education at DAV Co ...

had proposed his name. ; Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly *Chairman (2022–23) House Committee *Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts *Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates *Member (2022–23)

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Electoral performance

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Biography Living people Punjabi politicians Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India 1983 births Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 {{PunjabIN-politician-stub

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