Virsa Singh Valtoha is an Indian politician and belongs to

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 man ...

party. He is a former member of the

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

who represented

Khem Karan Khem Karan is a town and a nagar panchayat, just 56km from Tarn Taran Sahib in Tarn Taran district of Patti tehsil of the Majha region of Indian state of Punjab. It was the site of a major tank battle in 1965. The Battle of Asal Uttar was the ...

. He was former Chief spokesperson of Shiromani Akali Dal and also served as District President of the party.

Family

His father's name is Sohan Singh. Virsa Singh Valtoha's son's name is Mr. Gauravdeep Singh, who is advocate at Punjab And Haryana High Court. He is also the president of SOI (Student Organization Of India) from Majha Zone (Punjab).

Political career

Valtoha was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Valtoha constituency in 2007. During the 2012 Punjab election, Valtoha constituency underwent boundary delimitation. Valtoha then successfully contested the Punjab Assembly seat from Khem Karan.

Casteism

Valtoha has been filmed insulting

dalits Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming ...

, a historically discriminated community of lower caste people placed at the end of the caste pyramid, who constitute 36% of the states population in India.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valtoha, Virsa Singh Living people Shiromani Akali Dal politicians Indian Sikhs Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012 Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Year of birth missing (living people) People from Tarn Taran district Place of birth missing (living people)