Chetan Singh Jormajra

Chetan Singh Jormajra is an Indian politician, and a member of Aam Aadmi Party. He is Member of Legislative Assembly from Samana, was elected in 2022 Punjab assembly elections, and also serves as a president of Patiala district rural unit of the party.[1] In 2019, he was shot saving a girl from kidnapping. In 2022, he won in Samana by margin of 39,713.[2]

Chetan Singh Jormajra
MLA, Punjab
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byRajinder Singh
ConstituencySamana
President of Patiala (rural), AAP Punjab
Assumed office
2017
ConstituencySamana
Personal details
Born1967 (age 54–55)
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Parent(s)
  • Gurdev Singh (father)
Residence(s)Lutkimajra, Samana, India

Early life

Chetan Singh was born in 1967 to father Gurdev Singh.[3]

Political career

Chetan Singh was appointed as the president of Patiala district rural unit of Aam Aadmi Party. On 10 December 2021, he was announced as the candidate from Samana Assembly Constituency for 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections.[4] He filed the nomination from the constituency on 28 January 2022.[3] He secured 74,375 votes, and defeated for cabinet ministers Surjit Singh Rakhra of SAD with margin of 39,713 votes, and Rajinder Singh of INC.[2][5]

Shooting incident

In March 2019, Chetan Singh was shot by unidentified assailants while he tried to prevent kidnapping a girl in Tarn Taran Sahib. He was shot near neck, and was admitted to a hospital in Amritsar.[6] Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi questioned the law & order situation of Punjab, following the incident.[7] On 15 March 2019, AAP delegation met Punjab CEO, Karuna Raju regarding the incident.[8][9] In October 2020, his images from the incident were linked to another incident and went viral in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.[10]

References
  1. "AAP releases second list of candidates for Punjab Assembly elections". Business Standard. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  2. "Samana, Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates". India Today. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. "Election Commission of India". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  4. Service, Tribune News. "AAP announces 30 more candidates for Punjab election". The Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  5. "Samana Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates:Chetan Singh Jouramajra of AAP Wins". News18. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  6. Service, Tribune News. "AAP leader shot at in Tarn Taran while trying to save girl from 'kidnapping'". The Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  7. Arvind Kejriwal [@ArvindKejriwal] (March 14, 2019). "AAP Patiala distt president Chetan Singh fired upon & injured while trying to save a girl from some men who were trying to abduct her" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-02-01 – via Twitter.
  8. Pioneer, The. "AAP meets Pb CEO regarding attack on AAP leader, says law & order situation turns worse". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  9. "Law and order situation in the state has gone from bad to worst in state- Bhagwant Mann | Despardestimes". 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  10. "Old photos of AAP leader injured while saving girl in Punjab shared as recent incident from UP". Alt News. 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
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