Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
Amarinder Singh (Raja Warring) | |
|---|---|
| President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 9 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ravneet Singh Bittu |
| Constituency | Ludhiana |
| Minister of Transport Government of Punjab | |
| In office 20 September 2021 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| In office March 2012 – June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Manpreet Singh Badal |
| Constituency | Gidderbaha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 November 1977 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Amrita Singh |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Shri mukstar sahib, Punjab |
Amarinder Singh Brar, (born 29 November 1977)[1] also known as Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, or Raja Warring is an Indian politician.[2] He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.[3]
Political career
Warring was the president of the Indian Youth Congress, the youth division of Indian National Congress, from December 2014 to May 2018.[4]
MLA: first term
Warring was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Gidderbaha from 2012–2017,[4] district Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab to the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[4][5]
MLA: second term
In March 2017, he was re-elected as an MLA[4] for the second successive time, after completing his first term from 2012–2017.[6] He served as the Transport Minister in the Punjab government.[7]
Warring contested from Bathinda constituency in the 2019 Indian general election against Harsimrat Kaur Badal but lost the elections by over 20,000 votes.[8]
MLA: third term
During the campaign for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Warring sang songs and danced during his public meetings. His associates said this was done "to strike a chord with commoners".[7] He won the election. 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.[9]
On 9 April 2022, Warring was appointed by the national leadership of Congress as the chief of Congress in Punjab.[10]
MP: first term
In June, Warring won the 2024 Indian general election from Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency and was elected as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha by defeating his nearest competitor, Ravneet Singh Bittu of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 20,942 votes.[11]
Family
Born to Kuldeep Singh and Malkeet Kaur, he lost his parents when he was still a child, and was brought up by his maternal uncles.[12] He is married to Amrita Singh, and he has a son and a daughter. She is a INC candidate in the upcoming state by-polls.[13] He was earlier known as Raja Sotha, with Sotha being the name of his maternal village. Later, he began using the name of his paternal village called Warring.
Political Life
He rose into prominence in 2022, when he was made the Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief, right before Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.[14]
After his elevation in the state, during his public interaction across the state and at the PPCC office, he was seen wearing bright-coloured turban. Though Warring at the time denied that his decision to tie turban had any political tone, party insiders said it was a message for his adversaries - on who is the party leader in the state. It is said that he started wearing turban to show his leadership and aim for bigger role in state politics.[15]
In 2024, he made a controversial statement that - "Those leading the (Akal) Takht are people of Sukhbir Badal." Sukhbir Badal at the time was leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a party which was erstwhile ally of BJP and in strong opposition to Congress. [16]
In 2025, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, in an ongoing tussle within its I.N.D.I.A. alliance parties, demanded resignation of its own partner Aam Adami Party's (AAP) Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. He said that - "...accountability be fixed in the Majitha hooch tragedy, which involved illegal country liquor distribution and consumption, that took several lives in the Amritsar district." He termed these 27 deaths as 'cold-blooded murders' blaming it on AAP government. [17]
References
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- ^ "Punjab portfolios: CM Channi keeps vigilance, mining, power; deputy Randhawa gets home, Soni health". Hindustan Times. 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Punjab Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Full and final list of winners including Charanjit Singh Channi, Amritpal singh, Harsimrat kaur badal and more". TOI City Desk. The Times of India. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d Dhaliwal, Shub Karman. "Punjab Elections Results 2017: Panjab University alumni script success story, win Assembly poll". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ India Today (13 July 2024). "Ex-legislators | In the major league now". Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Kamali, Neel (18 August 2016). "Sukhbir's bid to regain Gidderbaha back for SAD". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ a b "In Muktsar, novel ways to reach out to voters". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Bathinda Elections 2019: Punjab Lok Sabha Constituency Poll Dates, Parliamentary Election, Candidates, Schedule, Latest News | Opinion Poll, Exit Poll, 2014 Election Results and Survey Online". Firstpost. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Congress appointments: High command tries to maintain region, experience and caste balance". Tribuneindia News Service. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ The Economic Times (6 June 2024). "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Slip of the tongue". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Members". punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/politics-over-warrings-turban-ahead-of-bharat-jodo-yatra-467721/
- ^ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/politics-over-warrings-turban-ahead-of-bharat-jodo-yatra-467721/
- ^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/akal-takht-slams-amarinder-singh-raja-warring-s-controversial-remarks-101729799114754.html
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/hooch-tragedy-amrinder-singh-raja-warring-seeks-accountability-terms-deaths-as-cold-blooded-murders/articleshow/121146645.cms