Jarnail Singh (politician, born 1981)

Jarnail Singh (born 15 March 1981) is an Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) politician. He was elected to the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 2013, in 2015 for Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and in 2020 for Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He is three times representative for Tilak Nagar constituency.

Jarnail Singh
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
14 February 2015
Preceded byPresident's rule
ConstituencyTilak Nagar
In office
28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014
Preceded byO P Babbar
Succeeded byPresident's rule
ConstituencyTilak Nagar
Personal details
Born (1981-03-15) 15 March 1981
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India
CitizenshipIndia
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
SpouseSukhjeet Kaur
Children2
Residence(s)Tilak Nagar, West Delhi
OccupationPolitician
Websiteaapkajarnailsingh.com

Personal life

Jarnail Singh was born on 15 March 1981 in Rampur. He was brought up in Delhi by his father, Harbajan Singh who was a farmer, now a businessman and mother Surjit Kaur. Jarnail Singh completed his education till 12th grade. In the year 2006, he became the General Secretary of Water Purification and treatment equipment manufacturer association (WAPTEMA). In 2010, he married Sukhjeet Kaur. Currently, he is positioned as the Chairman of WAPTEMA.[1]

Career

Punjab Elections 2022

Jarnail Singh was appointed the in-charge of AAP Punjab unit ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.[2]

Delhi Elections

In December 2013, the newly formed Aam Aadmi Party contested elections for the first time and thereby Jarnail Singh won the elections and became the “Youngest Sikh MLA” of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He defeated Rajiv Babbar, the son of 3-time MLA OP Babbar, by over 2000 votes.[3] In the same year, Jarnail was elected as the chairman of the District Development Committee.[4] The AAP minority government dissolved 49 days after the 2013 elections and a period of President's Rule commenced.[5] In 2014, he was appointed the first President of AAP youth wing. [6] At the subsequent elections in February 2015 and 2020, Singh was again elected as MLA for Tilak Nagar.[7]

Activism

In 2011, Anna Hazare launched the Jan Lokpal movement. Jarnail Singh was involved in this movement.[8]

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)

Since 2020, he is an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly .

Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly[9]

Electoral performance
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Tilak Nagar[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jarnail Singh[12] 62,436 62.20 +7.10
BJP Rajiv Babbar 34,407 34.28 -1.65
INC Raminder Singh 1,807 1.80 -5.24
AAAP Jarnail Singh 527 0.52
NOTA None of the above 522 0.52 +0.07
Majority 28,029 28.06 +8.89
Turnout 1,00,392 63.96 -6.69
AAP hold Swing +7.10

References
  1. "team members of WAPTEMA website".
  2. Service, Tribune News. "Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh is AAP's in-charge of Punjab". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. Sobhana, K. (13 January 2015). "Son score: 1 out of 5". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. "Member's Profile".
  5. "President Dissolves Delhi Assembly, Fresh Polls in 2015". Outlook. 5 November 2014.
  6. "Member's Profile".
  7. "Tilak Nagar Election Result 2020: AAP's Jarnail Singh wins". Hindustan Times. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. Chitlangia, Risha (16 November 2013). "Debut match in Tilak Nagar". The Times of India.
  9. "Committee System in Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi" (PDF). Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  10. "Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  11. "Tilak Nagar Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates". 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. "Delhi Assembly Election Result 2020: AAP's Jarnail Singh wins in Tilak Nagar". 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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