Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa
In office
2002 - 2007
Preceded byNatha Singh Dalam
Succeeded byLakhbir Singh Lodhinangal
ConstituencyQadian
MLA, Punjab
Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab
Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation, Now Animal Husbandry Punjab
In office
2012 - Present
Preceded byNirmal Singh Kahlon
ConstituencyFatehgarh Churian
In office
2003 - 2004
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseRattneshwar Kaur
ChildrenRavinandan Singh Bajwa
Residence(s)Qadian, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India

Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represents Fatehgarh Churian.[1] He heads the Ministries of Rural Development Now Animal Husbandry Panchayats and Water Supply & Sanitation for the Government of Punjab.[2]

Early life

Bajwa was born on 23 February 1943 to parents Gurbachan Singh Bajwa and Beant Kaur in Pakistan in Kotli Bajwa, Narowal, Sialkot.[2]

Gurbachan Singh Bajwa was a cabinet minister in Gopi Chand Bhargava, Bhim Sen Sachar and Sardar Partap Singh Kairon Cabinets and held portfolios such as PWD, Education and Chandigarh capital project.[3][4]

Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa comes from a military family, his family has served for more than three generations in Kashmir Army and were known as family of Kumedans ( Commandants) and hails from Kotli Bajwa, Narrowal. His grandfather Lt. Col. Ishari Singh commanded 1st Kashmir Infantry and participated in capture of Jerusalem in WW1; for this action, he was awarded Order of British Indian (OBI). Lt. Col. Ishari Singh was also C.O. of Kashmir Infantry battalions Raghupartap and Rudher Shibhnabh ( refer History of J and K Rifles by Maj. Dr. Brahma Singh). Tripat Bajwa's late cousin Capt. Baldev Singh Bajwa in 1948 Indo Pak war served in 6 Kashmir Rifles and was posted at Bunji cantonment near Gilgit and was captured fighting Gilgit scouts and Kashmir army mutineers ( Refer Memoirs of Maj. William Brown Gilgit Scouts). Capt. Baldev Singh Bajwa was held as P.O.W. at Attock fort along with Skardu hero Lt. Col. Thapa and was repatriated in 1950. Capt. Baldev Singh retired as Col. from J and K rifles and was A.D.C. to Maharaja Karan Singh of J&K. Tripat Bajwa’s younger brother also retired as Col. from Indian Army.

Political career

Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa started his career from grass root level, became general secretary of Youth Congress, he was elected as Qadian Municipal council member, then became president of Qadian municipality and Chairman of local Market Committee. Tripat Bajwa first fought election in 1977 from Qadian, 1980 from Sri Hargobindpur. Bajwa first successfully contested Punjab Legislative Assembly from Qadian in 1992 and won again in 2002.[5][6] In March 2003, he was made Minister of Forest.[7][8] However, he had to resign in August 2004 due to cabinet rejig. Tripat Rajinder Singh like his father is known to be honest upright politician and die hard Congress leader. Later, he was appointed chairman of Punjab Pollution Control Board.[9][10] In 2012, he was elected from Fatehgarh Churian.[1] He was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[11] Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa was reelected from Fatehgarh Churian in 2017 and was inducted as Cabinet Minister in Capt. Amarinder Singh ministry with portfolio of Rural development and panchayats, water supply & sanitation minister.[12][13]

Bajwa won third time in a row by winning 2022 Punjab elections from Fatehgarh Churian constituency against Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal by around 5,000 votes.

References

  1. 1 2 "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Punjab Legislative Assembly - Ministers". punjabassembly.nic.in. Punjab Vidhan Sabha/ C-DAC Mohal. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Subhash Chander Arora (January 1990). President's Rule in Indian States: A Study of Punjab. ISBN 9788170992349.
  5. ↑ "List of Polling Booth for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1992".
  6. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "5 more join Punjab Ministry". The Tribune. 11 March 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Amarinder rules out policy on forest cover". The Times of India. 19 August 2003. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "10 Punjab MLAs among 19 new chairpersons". OnlyPunjab. 9 September 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Punjab rivers highly contaminated". The Tribune. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  11. ↑ PTI (11 November 2016). "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Captain Amarinder Singh takes CM oath with 9 ministers". The Indian Express. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Fatehgarh Churian Election Results 2017, Winner, Runner-up and MLA Candidates". www.elections.in. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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