Baljit Kaur
Indian politician
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Dr. Baljit Kaur is an Indian politician and an eye surgeon. She was elected to the Malout Assembly constituency, Punjab in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2][3]
Dr. Baljit Kaur | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Social Security, Women and Child Development and Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities[1] | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit Gulab Chand Kataria |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ajaib Singh Bhatti |
| Constituency | Malout |
| Majority | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Profession | Doctor (eye surgeon) |
Career
Member of Legislative Assembly
Kaur was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. She represented the Malout Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. 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.[6] She took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[7][8] Eight ministers including Kaur who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[9]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry Kaur was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[10]
- Department of Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities
- Department of Social Security and Development of Women and Children
Electoral performance
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Baljit Kaur | 77,370 | 55.6 | ||
| SAD | Harpreet Singh | 37,109 | 26.67 | ||
| INC | Prof. Rupinder Kaur Ruby | 17,652 | 12.68 | ||
| PLC | Karanvir Singh | 1,169 | 0.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 897 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 40,261 | 28.93 | |||
| Turnout | 139,167 | ||||
| Registered electors | 176,919 | [12] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | ||||