Bikram Singh Majithia
| Bikram Singh Majithia | |
|---|---|
| MLA, Punjab | |
| In office 2007 - Present | |
| Preceded by | Swinder Singh |
| Constituency | Majitha |
| 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 |
| Children | 2 Sons |
| Religion | Sikhism |
Bikram Singh Majithia is an Indian politician and a Cabinet Minister in the Punjab Government. He won 2007 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency and again won in 2012.[1] He belongs to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and is president of its Youth Wing.[2][3]
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. He has 2 Sons.
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][8][9]
In 2014, he created a controversy by distorting a Sikh religious hymn while campaigning for Lok Sabha Elections. He later apologized and was asked to do religious penance at the five temporal seats of Sikhs.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012
- ↑ Organisation Structure Akali Dal
- ↑ Youth Akali Dal Website
- ↑ Majitha Family
- ↑ Punjab 2007
- ↑ BJP loses one berth in new Badal Cabinet
- ↑ Cong MLAs claim allowances, SAD members seek privilege motion
- ↑ "Minister Bikram Singh Majithia expletives expunged after they make debut on YouTube". The Indian Express. 21 Dec 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "Feud in Akali Dal, Badal family to the fore". The Hindu. 4 Jan 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "Punjab Govt minister ordered to do religious penance at 5 Takths". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014.