Bikram Singh Majithia

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Bikram Singh Majithia
MLA, Punjab
In office
2007 - Present
Preceded by Swinder Singh
Constituency Moga
Minister for Information & Public Relations
In office
2007 - Present
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by Capt. Amarinder Singh
Minister for Environment & Non- Conventional Energy
In office
2007 - Present
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by Capt. Amarinder Singh
Minister for Water Supply & Sanitation
In office
2007 - 2012
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by Capt. Amarinder Singh
Succeeded by Jagir Kaur
Minister for Science Technology
In office
2007 - 2012
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by Rakesh Pandey
Succeeded by Parkash Singh Badal
Minister for Revenue & Rehablitation
In office
2012 - Present
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by Ajit Singh Kohar
Minister for NRI Affairs
In office
2012 - Present
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by Parkash Singh Badal
Personal details
Political party Shiromani Akali Dal
Spouse(s) Ganieve Grewal
Religion Sikhism

Bikram Singh Majithia is an Indian politician and a Cabinet Minister in the Punjab Government. He won 2012 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency.[1] He belongs to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and is president of its Youth Wing.[2][3]

Personal life

He was born in 1976.[4] His father Satyajit Singh Majithia is a former Deputy Defence Minister. He is younger brother of Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal and hence brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal. He is married to Ganieve Grewal.

Political career

He first won the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency in 2007.[5] Again in 2012 Punjab elections, he was the elected MLA.[1] Subsequently he was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet[6] and made Punjab revenue and rehabilitation minister.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012
  2. ↑ Organisation Structure Akali Dal
  3. ↑ Youth Akali Dal Website
  4. ↑ Majitha Family
  5. ↑ Punjab 2007
  6. ↑ BJP loses one berth in new Badal Cabinet
  7. ↑ Cong MLAs claim allowances, SAD members seek privilege motion
  8. ↑ "Minister Bikram Singh Majithia expletives expunged after they make debut on YouTube". The Indian Express. 21 Dec 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Feud in Akali Dal, Badal family to the fore". The Hindu. 4 Jan 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013. 
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