Political families of Punjab, India

The list of notable members of political families of Punjab, India

Kairon Family

• Partap Singh Kairon (freedom fighter), (revolutionary), and former Chief Minister Punjab.
  • Surinder Singh Kairon Member of Parliament
    • Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, grandson of Pratap Singh Kairon, and a Cabinet minister in Parkash Singh Badal govt.
  • Gurinder Singh Kairon Congress leader

Barnala Family

• Surjit Singh Barnala, former Governor, Union Minister and Chief Minister Punjab India
  • Surjit Kaur Barnala, former MLA
    • Gaganjit Singh Barnala, former MLA

Beant Singh Family

• Beant Singh (chief minister), former Chief Minister of Punjab
  • Gurkanwal Kaur, former MLA
    • Ravneet Singh Bittu, MP
  • Tej Parkash Singh, former MLA and minister
    • Gurkirat Singh, MLA

Badal Family

• Parkash Singh Badal, Current Chief Minister of Punjab.
  • Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and President of the Shiromani Akali Dal
  • Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of Sukhbir, current Union Minister for Food Processing Industries and current Member of Parliament from Bathinda
• Gurdas Singh Badal, Member of Parliament from Firozpur
  • Manpreet Singh Badal, former minister Punjab

Majithia Family

• Satyajit Singh Majithia, former Deputy Defence Minister
  • Bikram Singh Majithia, Cabinet Minister in the Punjab Government
  • Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of Sukhbir Singh Badal, current Union Minister for Food Processing Industries and current Member of Parliament from Bathinda

Sidhu Family

• Navjot Singh Sidhu, Member of Parliament from Amritsar
• Navjot Kaur Sidhu, member of Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Gupta Family

• Harbans Lal Gupta, Freedom fighter; Founding Member, Praja Mandal Movement; Former Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker (1964–67); Member of Legislative Assembly (Cong) from Bathinda (1952–62) and Minister of State, Punjab (1952-57)^[1]
  • Anupam Gupta, Special Prosecutor, Central Bureau of Investigation; Senior Standing Council for U.T Chandigarh; Lawyer of the Liberhan Commission on the destruction of the Babri Masjid
    • Apurv Gupta - son of Anupam Gupta, no record of Indian politics; student, University of Edinburgh

Royal Family of Patiala

• Mohinder Kaur, former Member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
  • Capt. Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
  • Parneet Kaur, wife of Amarinder Singh and former Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry and former Member of Parliament from Patiala.
    • Raninder Singh, Son of Capt. Amarinder Singh and Parneet Kaur and Contested Lok Sabha election from Bathinda in 2009 and Assembly election from Samana (Punjab) in 2012.

Brar Family

• Harcharan Singh Brar, Former Chief Minister Of Punjab (INC), Minister for irrigation, power and health, Governor of Orissa and Haryana. 5 Time MLA.
• Gurbrider Kaur Brar, Wife of Harcharan Singh Brar, Leader of the opposition (INC), Member of Parliament, Minister of state.
• Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar. Son of Harcharan Singh Brar, Youth Congress Chief of Punjab, MLA, and Vice president PPCC

Singla Family

• Sant Ram Singla, former MP
  • Vijay Inder Singla, current MP

Chhina Family

• Achhar Singh Chhina (freedom fighter), (revolutionary), and former CPI LeaderPunjab.
  • Jagbir Singh Chhina (Nephew, comrade Achhar Singh Chhina) a freedom fighter and Member of Indian National Congress]

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