Barinder Kumar Goyal

Barinder Kumar Goyal Vakeel is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Lehra Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He has contested the election in 1992 but lost to Rajinder Kaur Bhatthal. But in 2022, against him Bibi Rajinder Kaur Bhatthal, ex CM, was not able to save her deposit money. He defeated S. Parminder Singh Dhindsa, sitting MLA and ex. cabinet minister, Bibi Rajinder Kaur Bhatthal, ex CM and S. Gobind Singh Longowal, ex President of SGPC ex cabinet Minister with a huge margin. He is chairman of committee on subordinate legislation. He is known for his words and his social services. Before this, Barinder Kumar Goyal has made a local level social manch named as Lehra Vikas Manch (LVM). LVM contested the elections of municipal council of Lehra in Feb 2021 and surprised the Punjab with the results. During these elections, perhaps Lehra was the only municipality in Punjab, where the ruling party was not able to prove the majority. His efforts for the development of constituency are remarkable. He raised the issue of Ghaggar river, roads, vacant posts in the Punjab Legislative assembly. On 23.09.2024, he joins the cabinet of Sardar Bhagwant Singh Maan as water resource, mining and soil and water conservation minister. ^[1][2] He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.^[3]

Barinder Kumar Goyal
MLA, Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Constituency	Lehra
Majority	Aam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Residence	Punjab
Education	BALLB
Known for	Social services

Member of Legislative Assembly

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]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Chairman (2022–23) Committee on Subordinate Legislation^[5]

Currently working as . Minister of Water resource department, mining department and soil and water conservation department.

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Lehra^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Barinder Kumar Goyal[7]	60,058	43.59
	SAD(S)	Parminder Singh Dhindsa	33540	24.34
	INC	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	20450	14.84
	SAD	Gobind Singh Longowal	12038	8.74
	SAD(M)	Sher Singh	4991	3.62
	Independent	Satwant Singh	1546	1.12
	NOTA	None of the above	1071	0.78
Majority			26518	19.25
Turnout			137776	79.63
Registered electors			173,020	[8]

References

1. "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.
2. "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
3. "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
4. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
5. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
6. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
7. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
8. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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