Indian Politician

Rana Gurjeet Singh (born 19 April 1952) is current MLA of Punjab from Kapurthala *embly cons*uency. He represented the Jalandhar Lok Sabha cons*uency of Punjab from 2004 to 2009 and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. Rana Gurjeet Singh migrated to Punjab in the year 1986 and set up a kraft-based paper mill in dist. Ropar. He later went on to set up a sugar mill in Buttar Sivia village of Amritsar district and various other industries.

He has built a political career for himself when he won his first M.L.A. election in Kapurthala, Punjab. He has since been elected as a M.P. from Jalandhar and has won the Kapurthala MLA seat numerous times. He represents the cons*uency of Kapurthala today as an MLA and is an ex-Minister in the Punjab cabinet.

On 25 December 2016, a criminal complaint against Singh was filed for an alleged *ault against Kulwinder Singh Babbal, Bholath *embly cons*uency in the Punjab Legislative *embly election. However, Ranjit Singh Rana went to become INC candidate from Bholath. Later, Rana Gurjeet Singh claimed on 29 December that the complaint was filed on behalf of a Shiromani Akali Dal leader. Accused of pocketing sand mine contracts worth crores on his staff's names, Punjab Power & Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh has finally resigned in January 2018.

Electoral performance

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References

External links

• Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website