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Chuni Lal Bhagat

Chuni Lal Bhagat

Indian politician

Chuni Lal Bhagat is an Indian politician and was Minister for Forest and wildlife, labour in the Punjab Government.[1] He is member of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).[2]

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Early life

He was born in Sialkot, British India on 1 December 1932. His father's name is Mehnga Ram and mother's name Rukmani Devi. He studied up to Matriculation.[3][4]

Business

He has a business of exporting sports goods.

Political career

He contended election from Jullundur (Jalandhar) South in 1985 as an Independent candidate, but lost the elections.[5] In 1997, he again contested from Jalandhar South as BJP candidate and became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.[6] He again won from Jalandhar South in 2007[7] In 2012, Jalandhar South underwent Boundary delimitation and he successfully contested from new constituency Jalandhar West.[8] He was elected Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly in 2011 after the resignation of Satpal Gosain.[9] He was cabinet minister and hold portfolio of Local Government and Medical Education & Research.[1] He was the leader of BJP legislative party in assembly from 2012 to 2017.[10] He didn't contest election in 2017.

Personal life

He was married to Late Sheela Devi. He has four sons and four daughters.

References

  1. [1]
    Punjab Cabinet Ministers Portfolios 2012 Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Cabinet Ministers - BJP Punjab Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    BIO-DATA OF SH. CHUNI LAL BHAGAT
  4. [4]
    "LS poll result an acid test for BJP's Chunni Lal Bhagat". Hindustan Times. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. [5]
    STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB
  6. [6]
    STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB
  7. [7]
    Punjab Assembly Election 2007 Results Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. [8]
    Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012 Archived 6 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  9. [9]
    "New Punjab Deputy Speaker elected". The Hindu. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  10. [10]
    Punjab: Chunni Lal Bhagat Elected Leader of BJP LP
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