Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Ludhiana
State : Punjab
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Swaranjit Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Jasvir Kaur
Date of birth : 10 Sep 1975
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha2009 - 2014 Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs2013 - 2014 Whip of the Congress Party (15th Lok Sabha)May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public DistributionMember, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society1 May 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs09 Oct. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
In 2009, as President of Punjab Youth Congress, started a drive against menace of drug addiction among youth of Punjab; In May 2011, after 121 hours of Indefinite Hunger Strike along with 11 activists, the State Government had set up Drug Prevention Board; With the help of this Board and by opening De-Addiction Centres in all Districts, the State Government is trying to control drug abuse and thousands of youth have been benefited; In 2013, organised camps for Differently-Abled Citizens in the Constituency, where 1631 persons were given Wheel-Chairs, Tri-Cycles, Artificial Limbs free of cost
Special Interests
Greatly Interested in agriculture, rural economy and its infrastructure; promoting drip irrigation, pollution control, waste management, rain water harvesting, renewable energy projects, urban transport
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Spending quality time with family and playing with children; Working out for physical fitness
Sports and Clubs
Hockey and Kabaddi; was a Sports Prefect in school and represented School and College in many sports event; and has been a National Hockey Player.
Countries Visited
Nepal, Singapore, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Became the first democratically elected President of Punjab Youth Congress on 23 December 2008, following the initiative of Shri Rahul Gandhi ji to bring inner party democracy in Youth Congress. To know the problems being faced by the Aam Aadmi in the countryside, undertook a 45-day Pad Yatra on 1st November 2010, on the issue of "Jawani te kisani nu Bachaiye, nawan Punjab Banaiya"; Crisscrossing all districts, all 13 Parliamentary constituencies and around 72 assembly segments covered 1500 Kms on foot; Also worked extensively on the issue of female foeticide; Being a grandson of Late Sardar Beant Singh (former Chief Minister of Punjab), feels proud of following his footsteps and taking forward his legacy.
