Vijay Inder Singla (born 1 December 1971) is an Indian politician. He is former member of Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a former minister in the current council of ministers of Punjab government and heads the Public Works Department and Administrative Reforms. He was a Congress

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from

Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. Assembly segments Presently, Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative asse ...

in Punjab from 2009 to 2014. In 2014, he lost Lok Sabha election from Sangrur to

Bhagwant Mann Bhagwant Singh Mann (born 17 October 1973) is an Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Punjab. He leads the cabinet ministry of Punjab and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a former actor, comedian and satirist. He previous ...

with a margin of 3,51,827 votes. In 2017, he won Sangrur constituency with margin of 30000 votes. In 2022, he lost to

Narinder Kaur Bharaj 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 Indian National Congress in 2022 elections. A ...

of AAP, with margin of 36,430 votes. His father Sant Ram Singla was also Congress MP, and was Minister in first term of

Captain Amarinder Singh Captain Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942), is an Indian politician, military historian, former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. A former Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab and Member ...

Government in Punjab. Recently, he has been given key profile in AICC, as a Secretary, AICC to the AICC Treasurer. Earlier, he has been national spokesperson of Congress.

Early life and education

Vijay Inder Singla did his matriculation from Yadavindra Public School,

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in 1987 and intermediate from Multani Mal Modi College, Patiala in 1989. He has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in (Computer Science) from B.M.S. College of Engineering,

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Political career

Youth Politics

His political career began with Punjab Youth Congress as general secretary from 2002 - 2004 and vice-president later. On his father's death he was appointed chairman of Punjab Energy Development Authority in 2005 by the Chief Minister of Punjab

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. He was President of Punjab Youth Congress from 2006 to 2008 and was assigned the task of conducting the first Youth Congress elections in Punjab as a pilot project which was thereafter replicated throughout India. He was made Member of

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Election Commission (2010-2012) which was responsible for conducting Youth Congress elections in India to identify fresh grassroot talent, known to be a close confidant of

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brigade.

Parliament

In 2009 he was elected to

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from Sangrur Lok Sabha by defeating

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from

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by a margin of more than 40000 votes. Vijay Inder Singla in his first term as MP is credited with bringing major development projects to this backward region including a 300-bed PGI Sangrur Hospital with an outlay of Rs 449 crore which will change the profile of the constituency with specialized medical treatment, more jobs and better business opportunities. The project has been delayed and heavily criticized by the opposition SAD. Moreover, his efforts in providing greater rail and road connectivity are appreciable like starting of

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from Sangrur,

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Yatra train, new trains to

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etc., rail track electrification and railway overbridges to ease

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. Although, these trains were one time affair, people still are happy with his efforts. He brought projects in the Sports field like Synthetic Athletic Track at Sangrur and SAI sports coaching centre at

Barnala Barnala is a city in the state of Punjab of India. Barnala city serves as the headquarters of the Barnala district which was formed in 2006. Prior to formation of Barnala district, this city was located in Sangrur district. It is situated ne ...

, undertook extensive rural development works from MPLAD fund in the fields of education, health, community development, sports and public utilities. He represented India at the 64th session of

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in November 2013 and spoke on Palestine refugee issue. He is a Member of Indian Council of World Affairs, National Platform for

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, Institute & Governing Body of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (Chandigarh), Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee, Patiala (Punjab) and Chairman of Regional Consultative Committee on

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(Punjab) and has been pursuing the cause of stakeholders through these forums and bodies. In 2014 he lost Lok Sabha election from Sangrur constituency. Bhagwant Mann defeated him with a hefty margin of 3,51,827 votes.

Electoral performance

Parliament: Lok Sabha

Punjab Assembly

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singla, Vijay Inder 1971 births Living people India MPs 2009–2014 Indian National Congress politicians Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 People from Sangrur district Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022