Narinder Kaur Bharaj is an Indian politician and lawyer, and the member of legislative assembly from Sangrur Assembly constituency. She defeated the incumbent cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla of

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in 2022 elections. Also, she became the youngest MLA in Punjab. She is also District youth president of Aam Aadmi Party.

Early life

Bharaj was born on 17 August 1994 to father Gurnam Singh. Her father Gurnam Singh is a farmer. She pursued post graduation in Sociology from

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. She completed law in a private college in

Sangrur Sangrur is a city in Sangrur district of the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of Sangrur District. Geography Sangrur is located at . It has an average elevation of 237 metres (778 feet). Climate Health s ...

. On 8 October 2022, she married Mandeep Singh, an AAP member.

Political career

Bharaj started her political career in 2014 in a campaign for

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in Sangrur. She was the only polling booth agent for Mann in her village. In 2018, she became district youth president and spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party in

2022 elections

On 26 December 2021, she was announced candidate of Aam Aadmi Party from

constituency for 2022 assembly elections. She was among the front runners for the ticket among Minku Jawandha and Dinesh Bansal. After her name was announced Bansal and some other party workers protested at Bhagwant Mann's residence against her candidature. She filed her nomination on 28 January 2022. She declared her assets worth ₹24,409, one of the lowest in the state. She faced cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla, and former MLA Arvind Khanna as opponents. On 10 March 2022, she secured 74,851 votes (51.67%), and defeated Singla with margin of 36,430 votes, highest-ever in Sangrur. 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

was sworn in as

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on 16 March 2022.

Member of Legislative Assembly

She represents the Sangrur Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. ; Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly *Member (2022–23) Committee on Privileges *Member (2022–23)

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Electoral performance

References

Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India 1994 births {{PunjabIN-AAP-politician-stub