Narinder Kaur Bharaj

Narinder Kaur Bharaj is an Indian politician and lawyer, and the member of legislative assembly from Sangrur Assembly constituency. She defeated the incumbent cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla of Indian National Congress in 2022 elections.^[1] Also, she became the youngest MLA in Punjab.^[2] She is also District youth president of Aam Aadmi Party.

Narinder Kaur Bharaj
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Vijay Inder Singla
Constituency	Sangrur
District Youth President, AAP Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 November 2018
Constituency	Sangrur
Personal details
Born	(1994-08-17) 17 August 1994 (age 30) Bharaj, Punjab, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Residence	Bharaj
Alma mater	Punjabi University

Early life

Bharaj was born on 17 August 1994 to father Gurnam Singh.^[3][4] Her father Gurnam Singh is a farmer. She pursued post graduation in Sociology from Punjabi University.^[5] She completed law in a private college in Sangrur.^[6][7]

On 8 October 2022, she married Mandeep Singh, an AAP member.^[8]

Political career

Bharaj started her political career in 2014 in a campaign for Bhagwant Mann in Sangrur. She was the only polling booth agent for Mann in her village.^[9] In 2018, she became district youth president and spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party in Sangrur.

2022 elections

On 26 December 2021, she was announced candidate of Aam Aadmi Party from Sangrur constituency for 2022 assembly elections.^[10] She was among the front runners for the ticket among Minku Jawandha and Dinesh Bansal.^[11] After her name was announced Bansal and some other party workers protested at Bhagwant Mann's residence against her candidature.^[12][13] She filed her nomination on 28 January 2022.^[3] She declared her assets worth ₹24,409, one of the lowest in the state.^[14][15] She faced cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla, and former MLA Arvind Khanna as opponents.^[16][17] On 10 March 2022, she secured 74,851 votes (51.67%), and defeated Singla with margin of 36,430 votes, highest-ever in Sangrur.^[18][1] 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.^[19]

Member of Legislative Assembly

She represents the Sangrur Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly.

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Privileges^[20]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Petitions^[21]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Sangrur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Sangrur^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Narinder Kaur Bharaj[23]	74,851	51.67	+25.97
	INC	Vijay Inder Singla[24]	38,421	26.52	−20.88
	BJP	Arvind Khanna	13,766	9.5	+9.5
	SAD	Winnerjit Singh Goldy	10,488	7.24	−17.06
	SAD(A)	Gurnaib Singh	4,466	3.08	−1.77
	SSP	Jagdeep Singh Mintu Toor	1,209	0.83	New
Majority			36,430	25.15
Turnout			144,873	76.31	−4.3
Registered electors			189,838	[25]
	AAP gain from INC

References

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6. Neel Kamal (20 March 2019). "AAP split brings its key women campaigners face to face | Amritsar News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
7. Goyal, Divya (12 March 2022). "The Chosen 13: 'Padwoman', Moga's doctor among Punjab's women MLAs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
8. "AAP MLA Bharaj ties knot with party volunteer in Patiala". The Pioneer. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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11. Service, Tribune News. "Ticket aspirants out to woo parties in Sangrur". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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13. Service, Tribune News. "Disgruntled AAP leaders protest at Bhagwant Mann's house". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Vijay Inder Singla (INC)	Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Sangrur Assembly constituency 2022 –	Incumbent