Laljit Singh Bhullar
Laljit Singh Bhullar | |
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| Cabinet Minister for Transport, Punjab | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit Gulab Chand Kataria |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Cabinet Minister for Hospitality, Punjab | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit Gulab Chand Kataria |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Harminder Singh Gill |
| Constituency | Patti |
Laljit Singh Bhullar is an Indian politician and the Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly representing Patti. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Bhullar worked as volunteer in Aam Aadmi party. He defeated four-time SAD MLA Adesh Partap Singh Kairon and one-time Congress MLA Harminder Singh Gill in the 2022 election.[3] 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.[4]
Assets and liabilities declared during elections
[edit]During the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, he declared Rs. 6,52,90,500 as an overall financial asset and Rs. 63,78,000 as financial liability.[5]
Member of Legislative Assembly
[edit]Bhullar was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Patti, Punjab Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[6][7] Eight ministers including Bhullar who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[8]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Bhullar was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[9]
- Department of Transport
- Department of Hospitality
Controversy over casteist remark
[edit]During an election rally in Patti (Tarn Taran district) in April 2024, while campaigning for the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat, Laljit Singh Bhullar reportedly made derogatory remarks targeting the Ramgarhia and Suniyar communities, using a term, Ghuli gharh, perceived as deeply offensive. He also took a swipe at former Congress MLA Harminder Singh Gill, making caste-related insinuations.[10][11]
Despite the apology, Ramgarhia community organizations remained unsatisfied. The All Vishwakarma Ramgarhia Foundation demanded Bhullar's removal from the cabinet and called for a boycott of AAP candidates across Punjab.[12]
Transport minister
[edit]In June 2022, CM Bhagwant Mann announced Volvo bus service between IGI Airport and different Punjab cities of the state. The tariff charged by the PRTC and PEPSU buses for the Airport was announced at half the rates being charged by the private bus operators. Mann said that this service would break the monopoly of a few families in bus business with political links.[13][14]
Electoral performance
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| AAP | Laljit Singh Bhullar[1] | 57,323 | 39.55 | ||
| SAD | Adesh Partap Singh Kairon | 46,324 | 31.96 | ||
| INC | Harminder Singh Gill[15] | 33,009 | 22.78 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,079 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | 10,999 | 7.59 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,922 | 70.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 204,395 | [16] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Restoring bus service top priority: Laljit Singh Bhullar". Tribuneindia News Service. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Laljit Singh Bhullar(AAP):Constituency- PATTI(TARN TARAN) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "'Unsavoury remarks' may land AAP Khadoor Sahib candidate Laljit Singh Bhullar in trouble". The Tribune. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Bhullar's caste slur: Pb CEO reports to ECI". The Times of India. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Amritsar: Ramgarhia outfit calls for boycott of AAP candidates". The Tribune. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Punjab govt bus service to Delhi International Airport soon". The Statesman. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann aims to break monopoly of private bus operators; announces to ply buses to Delhi airport from June 15". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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