Jasbir Singh Gill

Jasbir Singh Gill was born on 8 November 1968 in Amritsar, Punjab. He is son of Satwiinder Kaur Gill and late Sant Singh Liddar.[5] His father was a member of Punjab legislative assembly (1985-1986) from Beas constituency and died fighting terrorists on 26 April 1986, Gill was 18 years old when he narrowly escaped from this attack.[6][7] He completed his primary schooling from Saint Francis School Amritsar and later joined Shivalik public school, Chandigarh. In 1987, militants injured him while he was going to his native village.[6] In 1988, he graduated from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.[1] In a later attack in 1989 at his native village Liddar, terrorists killed all seven guards at his house but he narrowly escaped and survived.[8] All these attacks happened during the Punjab insurgency period.[8]

He was first elected as Sarpanch of Lidhar village of Punjab in 1982. In late 1992 after the relative peace in Punjab, he was re-elected as village Sarpanch of Lidhar.[8] He later went on to serve as the president of Punjab youth congress from 1997 to 1999 and as General Secretary of Indian youth congress from 1999 to 2005.[9]

Jasbir sing Gill won his first assembly election from Beas (renamed as Baba Bakala in 2012) in 2002. He defeated Manjinder Singh Kang from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) by a margin of 6450 votes and became a member of the Punjab legislative assembly.[3][10] During his tenure, he also became the chairmen Punjab water supply and sewerage board for the period 2003-2007. He also served as chairmen of Public accounts, Estimates, and Petition Committee of Punjab Vidhan sabha.[11] In the next assembly election, he lost his seat to Manjinder Singh Kang by a narrow margin of 4179 votes.[12] In 2012 he contested from Amritsar south but lost to Inderbir Singh Bolaria of Shiromani Akali Dal with a Margin 15056 votes.[13]

He filed his nomination from the khadoor sahib constituency for a four-way battle between Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali), Shiromani Akali Dal, Punjab Ekta Party, and the Indian National Congress.[14] Gill defeated his closest rival Bibi Jagir Kaur of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) by a margin of 140573 votes.[2] He has emerged as a vocal leader in the Parliament and has recently asked (alongside Vincent H Pala) a Starred Question to the Home Affairs about the existence of controversial "Tukde Tukde Gang".[15] The Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said "the ministry has no information on any such group".[16] In his first year as MP, he has received approval for a Government Medical College in Kapurthala and a Law University in Patti.[17]

Silver medal in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award for increasing health awareness.

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website