Sukhpal Singh Khaira (born 13 January 1965) is an Indian politician. He is the member of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He was the founder of Punjab Ekta Party. He is a former leader of the Aam Aadmi Party and was the Leader of Opposition in Punjab *embly. He was a member of Punjab Legislative *embly from Bholath in 13th *embly (2007-2012) and 15th *embly (2017–2022). He won again from Bholath in 2022, as an Indian National Congress candidate

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Political timeline
• 3 Controversies
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Personal life

Sukhpal Singh Khaira is the son of veteran Akali leader and former Punjab education minister Sukhjinder Singh Khaira.

He did his schooling from Bishop Cotton School, Shimla.

Political timeline

• 1994 - He was elected as Member Panchayat from Village Ramgarh, District Kapurthala.
• 1997 - He joined the Youth congress and was appointed as vice president of Punjab Youth Congress.
• 1999 - Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee appointed him as secretary of their organisation.
• 2005 - He was appointed president of Kapurthala district's Congress committee (2005 to 2010).
• 2006 - He became elected director of Central Cooperative Bank, Kapurthala.
• 2007 - He was elected as Member of Legislative *embly from Bholath till 2012 under the Congress party, Kapurthala, Punjab after two failed attempts in 1997 and 2002.
• 2009 - He was appointed as Punjab Congress Spokesperson and was reappointed in 2013. He later resigned in 2014 from the post, owning moral responsibility for the "poor performance" of the party in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in the state.
• 2015 - on 25 December Khaira announced his resignation from Congress party and declared his unification with the Aam Aadmi Party.
• 2017 - on 11 March, Khaira won the Member of Legislative *embly elections second time after failing in 2012 in his cons*uency of Bholath, however this time acting under the Aam Aadmi Party.
• 2018 - Suspended from AAP for anti party activities
• 2018 - Formed Punjab Democratic Alliance
• 2019 - on 6 January, Khaira left Aam Aadmi Party
• 2019 - On 8 January 2019, he formed a new political party, Punjab Ekta Party.
• 2019 - On 16 March 2019, Punjab Democratic Alliance announced his candidacy from Bathinda parliamentary cons*uency.
• 2019 - On 25 April 2019 he resigned from Punjab Legislative *embly.
• 2019 - On 23 May 2019, he lost from the Bathinda Lok Sabha Cons*uency.
• 2022 - on 10 March,Khaira won the Member of Legislative *embly election third time from Bholath, this time as an Indian National Congress candidate.

Controversies

Sukhpal Singh Khaira admitted to meet Arvind Kejriwal in early 2015. According to media the meeting was in pretext to join AAP Punjab, but prominent leaders of AAP Punjab blocked the entry of Khaira into the Party. In 2018, he was removed as the Leader of Opposition of the Punjab *embly, because of his problems with the party.

Allegations were made on Khaira that he was trying to protect trans-border * smuggler Gurdev Singh, he rubbished the allegations and invited the enquiry. However, in April 2018, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Panel, cons*uted by Govt, declared that all 17 cases against Sukhpal Singh Khaira were falsely registered and demanded action against police officers.

References

External links

• Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Facebook
• Sukhpal Singh Khaira on YouTube