Laljit Singh Bhullar is an Indian politician and the Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly representing Patti. 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 ...

Career

Bhullar worked as volunteer in Aam Aadmi party. He defeated four-time SAD MLA Adesh Partap Singh Kairon and one-time Congress MLA Harminder Singh Gill in the 2022 election. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the

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by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the

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. MP

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was sworn in as

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on 16 March 2022.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Bhullar was elected as the MLA in the

. He represented the

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in the

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. He 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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. Eight ministers including Bhullar who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs. As a cabinet minister in the

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, Bhullar was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government: # Department of Transport # Department of Hospitality

Transport minister

In June 2022, CM

announced

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service between

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and different Punjab cities of the state. The tariff charged by the PRTC and PEPSU buses for the Airport were announced at half the rates being charged by the private bus operators. Mann said that this service would break the monopoly of a few families in bus business with political links.

Electoral performance

References

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