Jai Krishan Singh Rouri
Constituency am 2Garhshankar Assembly constituency
Assembly 2Punjab Legislative
Majority 2Aam Aadmi Party
Term start 211 March 2017
Term end 2Incumbent
Predecessor 2Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan
Office25th Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly
Term start30 June 2022
2blankname 1Chief Minister
2namedata 1Bhagwant Maan
1blanknameSpeaker
1namedataKultar Singh Sandhwan
PredecessorAjaib Singh Bhatti
Birth date13 January 1983 (age 43)
Birth placeGarhshankar, Punjab, India
OccupationPolitician, agriculture, photographer
PartyAam Aadmi Party
WebsiteMembers

Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is 25th Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly. He is second term MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Garhshankar Assembly constituency in Punjab, India, serving since 2017. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He won a second consecutive term in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election by margin of 4179 votes.

Early life

He worked as a farmer and a wedding photographer in Garhshankar.[1][2]

Political career

He contested the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket and defeated Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2022 he won in multi cornered election by a margin of more than 4000 votes.[3] On 30 June 2022 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Garhshankar Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2017. He was re-elected for a second term in 2022.[4] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[5]

On 30 June 2022, he was unanimously elected as the Deputy speaker in the 16th Punjab Assembly. AAP member Baljinder Kaur had proposed his name.[1]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

References

  1. ^ "Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is new Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly". The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
  3. ^ Sharma, Manraj Grewal (18 March 2017). "AAPosition in Punjab House: A lineman, a taxi driver, and other ‘outsiders’". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2018. Jai Krishan Singh Rodi, 33, the AAP winner from Garhshankar, who defeated two-time Congress MLA Luv Kumar Goldy among others...
  4. ^ "Garhshankar (Punjab) Assembly Election Results 2022 Live: Winner, Runner-up". The Indian Express. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in
  7. ^ Deputy speaker (Ex-Officio Chairman)
  8. ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in
  9. ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in