Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Gurdaspur
State : Punjab
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Sardar Satnam Singh Bajwa
Mother's Name : Sardarni Gurbachan Kaur
Date of birth : 29 Jan 1957
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1982-1985 President,Punjab Youth Congress1992-97,2002-07 & 2007-09 Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly(three term)1994-95 Minister of State, Information and Public Relations, Government of Punjab1995-96 Cabinet Minister, P.W.D., B&R, I&PR, Government of Punjab1996-97 Cabinet Minister, Judiciary, Jails etc. Government of Punjab2002-07 Cabinet Minister, P.W.D., B&R, School Education, Govt of Punjab2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Urban Development and HousingMember, Executive Committee, Congress Party in ParliamentMember, House CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of FinanceMember, India-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Helped NGO Adhaar Foundation to provide people free medical camps,free medical aid, mobile vans in Gurdaspur Parliamentary constituency
Special Interests
International relations
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading,watching movies,theatre, listening music, travelling
Sports and Clubs
President(i) Judo Federation of Punjab (ii) Equestrian Federation of Chandigarh
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Represented India as(i) Cabinet Minister in the UN in Switzerland, 1995;and (ii) Leader of the Delegation in UN at the Hague, Holland against the fundamentalist organisations, 1996
