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Official Opposition [1] is a term used in Punjab Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats Punjab assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not ...
Kultar Singh Sandhwan is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 18th and current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 21 March 2022. He is also MLA representing the Kotkapura Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. [1] [2] [3] He is the current speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. [4]
In the 2014 general elections, the first-time contesting Aam Aadmi Party got 4 out of 13 seats in Punjab by winning 34 of the total 117 assembly segments, coming second in 7, third in 73 and fourth in the rest 3 segments. [20] The support for the Aam Aadmi Party increased later in Punjab.
The opposition parties are the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, and the Bahujan Samaj Party. [ 4 ] On 11 March 2022, AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was elected by the AAP legislative members as their leader in the assembly. [ 102 ]
Convener (or chief/president) is a highest political post in the Punjab unit of Aam Aadmi Party, holds responsibilities for the success of Party in Punjab. After 2014 Indian general election in Punjab on 29 August 2014, Sucha Singh Chhotepur was appointed as first convener [31] of Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab unit. He served till 24 August 2016. [32]
The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022. [5] Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly. Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates [6]
The previous general election were held in May 2019 in Punjab, in which the Indian National Congress won 8 seats, followed by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 2 seats each. [4] In 2022, Bhagwant Mann resigned as MP from Sangrur to become Chief Minister of Punjab.
In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 92 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 18 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and independents.