Sunil Kumar Jakhar

Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Sunil Kumar Jakhar
President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
	In office; April 2017 – 18 July 2021
Preceded by	Amarinder Singh
Succeeded by	Navjot Singh Sidhu
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2002 - 2017
Preceded by	Ram Kumar Goyal
Succeeded by	Arun Narang
Constituency	Abohar
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly
	In office; 14 March 2012 - 11 December 2015
Preceded by	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Succeeded by	Charanjit Singh Channi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 15 December 2017 – 18 June 2019
Preceded by	Vinod Khanna
Succeeded by	Sunny Deol
Constituency	Gurdaspur
Personal details
Born	9 February 1954; Panjkosi, Punjab, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Parent(s)	Balram Jakhar
Residence(s)	Panjkosi, Punjab, India

Sunil Kumar Jakhar (born 9 February 1954) is an Indian politician and former president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (2017- 2021). Elected consecutively three times from Abohar constituency (2002-2017), he was a Leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Indian National Congress(INC).[1] He was elected from Gurdaspur, Punjab to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election.[2]

Political career

He first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Abohar in 2002. In 2007 and 2012, he was re-elected from Abohar. he became member of parliament after winning a by-election in Gurdaspur.

Controversy

On 7 January 2017, Jakhar sent a complaint to the Punjab chief election officer alleging that local Shiromani Akali Dal leader Shivlal Doda and his nephew Waris / others used seven different mobile numbers while in a Fazilka prison.[3]

References

"Our Representatives". ppcc.in.
"Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin". Vibhor Mohan. Times of India. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
"Punjab Polls 2017: Punjab MLA Sunil Jakhar lodges fresh complaints against SAD's Shiv Lal Doda, nephew - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.

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[1] "Our Representatives". ppcc.in.

[2] "Congress's Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin". Vibhor Mohan. Times of India. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[3] "Punjab Polls 2017: Punjab MLA Sunil Jakhar lodges fresh complaints against SAD's Shiv Lal Doda, nephew - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.