Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Ajnala Assembly Constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[3][4][5]

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab
Assumed office
21 March 2022
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
Ministry and DepartmentsRural Development & Panchayats Minister

Animal husbandry, fisheries, and dairy development

NRI Affairs [1]
Preceded byManpreet Singh Badal
ConstituencyAjnala
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly[2]
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Personal details
BornPunjab, India
NationalityIndian

Member of Legislative Assembly

Dhaliwal was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Ajnala Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[6][7] Eight ministers including Dhaliwal who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[8]

As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Dhaliwal was given the charge of three departments of the Punjab Government:[9]

  1. Department of Rural Development & Panchayats
  2. Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy Development
  3. Department of NRI Affairs

Electoral performance
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Ajnala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 43,555 35.69
SAD Amarpal Singh Ajnala 35,712 29.26
INC Harpratap Singh Ajnala [10] 33,853 27.74
NOTA None of the Above 824 0.68
Majority 7,843
Turnout 122,038
Registered electors 157,161 [11]
AAP gain from INC Swing

References
  1. "Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains". 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. Members detail punjabassembly.nic.in
  3. "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  7. "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  9. "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  10. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.


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