Английская Википедия:Bikram Singh Majithia
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Bikram Singh Majithia (born 1 March 1975) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Punjab Government. He won 2007 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency, and again won in 2012 and 2017.[1] He belongs to Shiromani Akali Dal and is president of its Youth Wing, Youth Akali Dal.[2][3]
Background and family
Majithia was born on 1 March 1975 to former Deputy Defence Minister Satyajit Singh Majithia and Sukhmanjus Kaur Majithia in Delhi.[4] He was educated at the Lawrence School Sanawar. His grandfather Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia was a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force and his great-grandfather Sir Sundar Singh Majithia was Revenue Minister in the Punjab government.[5] He is the younger brother of Bathinda MP, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and brother-in-law of former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal. Bikram married Ganieve Kaur in November 2009 and they have two sons.[4][6]
Political career
He first won the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency in 2007.[7] He won again from the same constituency in 2012 and 2017 assembly elections.[1] Subsequently he was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet.[8] He is ex minister of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Information & Public Relations and Non Conventional Energy.[9]
In February 2022, Majithia surrendered before a Mohali court in the drug case registered against him in December 2021, and was remanded in judicial custody till 8 March.[10][11] While his wife Ganieve contested from Majitha constituency in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election and won, Majithia instead contested from Amritsar East, and lost.[12][13]
He is imprisoned in Patiala Jail along with his rival Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu against whom Majithia contested the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.[14]
On 10 August 2022, the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to Majithia.[15]
Electoral performance
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