Ravneet Singh Bittu

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Ravneet Singh Bittu is an Indian politician from Punjab. He is currently serving as the Minister of State for Railways and as the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Third Modi ministry. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Ludhiana in 2014, 2019 Indian general election and 2024 and earlier from Anandpur Sahib in 2009.^[3] He is the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.^[4][5] He previously served as the leader of Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha from 11 March 2021 to 18 July 2021.^[1][2][6]

Ravneet Singh Bittu
Minister of State for Railways Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Ashwini Vaishnaw (Minister of Railways) Chirag Paswan (Minister of FPI)
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 2024
Preceded by	K. C. Venugopal
Constituency	Rajasthan
Leader of Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha
In office 11 March 2021 – 18 July 2021[1][2]
Speaker	Om Birla
Preceded by	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Manish Tewari
Succeeded by	Amrinder Singh
Constituency	Ludhiana
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	New Constituency
Succeeded by	Prem Singh Chandumajra
Constituency	Anandpur Sahib
Personal details
Born	(1975-09-10) 10 September 1975 (age 49) Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2024)
Spouse	Anupama Jhajj
Occupation	Agriculturist
As of 17 December, 2016 Source:

In January 2021, he was assaulted at the Singhu border during a Jan Sansad program.^[7][8] He was appointed the party whip in Lok Sabha.^[9] In March 2021, he was briefly appointed the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha when the existing Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was busy in 2021 West Bengal election campaigns.^[10] In 2023, he received a bomb threat via a WhatsApp call.^[11] On March 24, 2024 he joined the Bharatiya Janta Party.^[12][13]

Election results

2024 Indian general elections: Ludhiana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	322,224	30.42	6.24
	BJP	Ravneet Singh Bittu	301,282	28.45	New
	AAP	Ashok Prashar Pappi	237,077	22.38	20.86
	SAD	Ranjit Singh Dhillon	90,220	8.52	20.08
	NOTA	None of the above	5,076	0.48	0.53
Majority			20,942	1.98	5.32
Turnout			1,059,157
	INC hold		Swing	6.24

2019 Indian general elections: Ludhiana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravneet Singh Bittu	383,795	36.66	9.39
	LIP	Simarjit Singh Bains	3,07,423	29.36	New
	SAD	Maheshinder Singh	2,99,435	28.6	5.32
	AAP	Prof. Tejpal Singh Gill	15,945	1.52	23.96
	NOTA	None of the above	10,538	1.01	N/A
Majority			76,732	7.30	5.51
Turnout			10,47,025	62.20	8.38
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2017: Jalalabad, Punjab

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SAD	Sukhbir Singh Badal	75,110	44.82	9.16
	AAP	Bhagwant Mann	56,771	33.80	New
	INC	Ravneet Singh Bittu	31,539	18.78	6.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1112	0.66	N/A
Majority			18,339	11.02	22.61
Turnout			169,049	86.91	0.09
	INC hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Ludhiana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravneet Singh Bittu	300,459	27.27	23.81
	AAP	Harvinder Singh Phoolka	2,60,750	25.48	New
	SAD	Manpreet Singh Ayali	2,56,590	23.28	16.37
	IND	Simarjit Singh Bains	2,10,917	19.14	N/A
	BSP	Navjot Singh Mandair	8,317	0.76	3.10
Majority			19,709	1.79	11.64
Turnout			11,01,967	70.58	5.90
	INC hold		Swing	25.81

Timeline of Positions and Committees

Timeline of Positions and Committees

2009 - 2014 Position: Member Committee: Standing Committee on Home Affairs 1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Position: Member Committees: Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Consultative Committee, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society 1 May 2017 - 25 May 2019 Position: Member Committee: Committee on Public Undertakings 24 July 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Member Committee: Committee on Public Undertakings 13 Sep. 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Member Committee: Standing Committee on Home Affairs 9 Oct. 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Chairperson Committee: Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House 21 Nov 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Member Committees: General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha Consultative Committee, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

See also

• Third Modi ministry