Om Parkash Soni is an Indian politician and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab who belongs to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

. He is a member of

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, di ...

represents Amritsar Central. He is also a Cabinet Minister in the government of Punjab and heads the School Education department.Education Minister of Punjab
/ref> He was sworn as Deputy CM on 20th Sept 2021.

Family

He was born on 3 July 1957 at village Bhilowal Pakka in Amritsar district of Punjab. His father's name is Jagat Mitter Soni. The name of his spouse is Suman Soni. Soni was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the

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ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional. In March 2017, he was again elected from Amritsar Central Assembly constituency by defeating its nearest opponent Tarun Chugh of BJP with a margin of 21,116 votes. In April 2018, he was made a cabinet minister of Punjab and given the charge of School Education department.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soni, Om Parkash Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012 Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 People from Amritsar district Place of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 1957 births