Jai Krishan Singh

Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly. He is second term MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing the Garhshankar Assembly constituency in Punjab, India, serving since 2017. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He won a second consecutive term in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election by margin of 4179 votes.

Jai Krishan Singh Rouri
Jai Krishan Singh Rouri in 2022
Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2022
Speaker	Kultar Singh Sandhwan
Preceded by	Ajaib Singh Bhatti
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for Garhshankar Assembly constituency
In office 11 March 2017 – Incumbent
Preceded by	Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan
Majority	Aam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Born	(1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 41) Garhshankar, Punjab, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Children	2
Residence(s)	Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur
Occupation	Politician, agriculture, photographer
Website	Members

Early life

He worked as a farmer and a wedding photographer in Garhshankar.^[1][2]

Political career

He contested the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket and defeated Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2022 he won in multi cornered election by a margin of more than 4000 votes.^[3] On 30 June 2022 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Garhshankar Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2017. He was re-elected for a second term in 2022.^[4] 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]

On 30 June 2022, he was unanimously elected as the Deputy speaker in the 16th Punjab Assembly. AAP member Baljinder Kaur had proposed his name.^[1]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Chairman (2022–23) House Committee^[6][7][1]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Accounts^[8]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Estimates^[9]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Undertakings^[10]

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Garhshankar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jai Kishan Singh Rori	41,720	33.50
	SAD	Surinder Singh Heer	40,070	32.18
	INC	Lov Kumar Goldy	31,909	25.62
	BSP	Bakhsish Singh	6031	4.84
	CPI(M)	Harbhajan Singh	2217	1.78
	NOTA	None of the above	1121	0.90
Majority
Turnout			125658
Registered electors			169,609	[11]
	AAP gain from SAD		Swing

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2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Garhshankar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jai Kishan Singh Rori[12]	32,341
	INC	Amarpreet Lally[13]	28162
	SAD	Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan	24735
	NOTA	None of the above	1078
Majority			4179	3.42
Turnout
Registered electors			175,287	[14]

References

1. "Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is new Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly". The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
3. Sharma, Manraj Grewal (18 March 2017). "AAPosition in Punjab House: A lineman, a taxi driver, and other 'outsiders'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2018. Jai Krishan Singh Rodi, 33, the AAP winner from Garhshankar, who defeated two-time Congress MLA Luv Kumar Goldy among others...
4. "Garhshankar (Punjab) Assembly Election Results 2022 Live: Winner, Runner-up". The Indian Express. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
5. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
6. "Vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
7. Deputy speaker (Ex-Officio Chairman)
8. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
9. "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
10. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
11. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
12. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
13. "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.
14. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

External links

• Punjab Legislative Assembly Biography
• Jai Krishan Singh on Twitter
• Jai Krishan Singh on Facebook