Prem Singh Chandumajra (born 1 January 1950) is General Secretary and spokesman of the

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 ...

(SAD) and former

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from

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and former constituency MP from Patiala seat. He is also an alumnus of

Punjabi University Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. ...

, Patiala. He was a

in 11th, 12th and now of 16th

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. He won with a low margin from

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and

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, who put up a tough fight.

Education and career

Chandumajra is a post graduate in Economics and Political Science. He began his career with a job as economics lecturer in Government College, Derabassi. After a two-year stint, he joined the Punjab School Education Board as subject-expert in economics.

Political career

Chandumajra started his political career with student activism. During student politics he came into contact with Akali leader

Harcharan Singh Longowal Sant Harchand Singh Longowal (2 January 1932 – 20 August 1985) was the President of the Akali Dal during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s. He had signed the Punjab accord, also known as the Rajiv-Longowal Accord along with Rajiv Gandhi on 2 ...

, the president of

, who subsequently appointed him the first president of Youth Akali Dal. Chandumajra became member of

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in 1985, representing Dakala,

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. During this term, he became the cabinet minister for cooperation in Surjit Singh Barnala government. He was elected to the eleventh Lok Sabha in 1996 by defeating Sant Ram Singla and elected to the twelfth Lok Sabha in 1998 by defeating Capt. Amarinder Singh. Chandumajra contested from Patiala Lok Sabha seat in 2004 on the ticket of Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, a rebel faction headed by Gurcharan Singh Tohra. Later he became president of

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, which was later merged into SAD led by

Parkash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal ( pa, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ; born 8 December 1927) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. He i ...

in year 2007. He has been elected in the Lok Sabha elections 2014 from

on SAD ticket.

Electoral performance

References

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1950 births Living people Punjabi people People from Patiala district Indian Sikhs Shiromani Akali Dal politicians India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India India MPs 2014–2019 Politicians from Amritsar district {{PunjabIN-SAD-politician-stub