Rana K. P. Singh
Indian politician
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Rana Kanwar Pal Singh, popularly known as Rana K.P. (born 16 October 1957) is an Indian politician from INC, and was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly thrice.[1][2] He was the Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022.[3]
Rana Kanwar Pal Singh | |
|---|---|
Rana Kanwar Pal Singh | |
| Speaker of Punjab assembly | |
| In office 27 March 2017 – 10 March 2022 | |
| Governor | V. P. Singh Badnore |
| Preceded by | Charanjit Singh Atwal |
| Constituency | Anandpur Sahib |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002, 2007, 2017 – 10 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | Anandpur Sahib |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1957 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Children | 1 Son and 2 Daughters |
As of 26 June, 2018 Source: | |
Early life and education
Early life
Singh was born in a Prominent Hindu Rajput Katoch family in Rupnagar. He is the head of the Jhandian family of the Katoch clan. His family owns vast lands and orchards in Punjab and had a big holding of lands in Lyalpur of pre-partition Punjab also.[citation needed]
Education
After completing his primary education/schooling from Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar, he did his graduation from Government College, Ropar. Subsequently, he obtained the professional degree of LLB and started practice as an Advocate. As a practicing lawyer he had very successful career in advocacy.[citation needed]
Political career
A voracious reader by nature, he took a keen interest in agriculture apart from being a successful lawyer. He joined Indian National Congress through its youth organization Youth Congress in the year 1975 and since then he has been working continuously and untiringly for the people of Ropar district.[4] He has contested assembly elections from Nangal and Anandpur Sahib constituency for five times since 2002.[5]
He was elected as MLA from Nangal Constituency and Anandpur Sahib constituency in 2002, 2007, 2017. In 2004 he was appointed as a chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and later he was made Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Industry & Commerce) in Punjab Government. He worked as a Chairman of various Assembly Committees. Apart from being associated with party organizations, he was also appointed Senator in Punjab University from the year 2002–07.[6]
Electoral performance
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kanwar Pal Singh | 60,800 | 45.01 | ||
| BJP | Parminder Sharma | 36,919 | 27.33 | ||
| AAP | Sanjeev Gautam | 30,304 | 22.43 | ||
| Independent | Nutan Kumar | 2,092 | 1.55 | ||
| BSP | Gurcharan Singh Khalsa | 1,442 | 1.07 | ||
| CPI(M) | Mohinder Singh | 1,026 | 0.76 | ||
| Independent | Pritam Singh Bharatgarh | 602 | 0.45 | ||
| PDP | Subhash Chander Sharma | 518 | 0.38 | ||
| SAD(A) | Harbhjn Singh | 517 | 0.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 858 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 23,881 | 32.29 | |||
| Registered electors | 180,222 | [9] | |||
| INC gain from BJP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Harjot Singh Bains[11] | 82,132 | 57.92 | ||
| INC | Kanwar Pal Singh[12] | 36,352 | 25.63 | ||
| BJP | Parminder Sharma | 11,433 | 8.06 | ||
| BSP | Nutan Kumar | 5,923 | 4.18 | ||
| SAD(A) | Ranjit Singh | 1,459 | 1.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1290 | 0.91 | ||
| Majority | 45,780 | 32.29 | |||
| Turnout | 141809 | ||||
| Registered electors | 193,750 | [13] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | |||||
Personal life
Family
He married Rani Shashi Kanta a Bhati Rajput on 6 May 1981. He has two daughters (Married and one son all married.[citation needed]
Other works
He is associated with various Congress party organizations and served the same as, Gen. Sec. Punjab Youth Cong., Gen. Sec. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Spokesman Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and Member of All India Congress Committee and Vice President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He is against putting Rajput Sikhs in Backward Class because of their glorious past and was also appointed Patron of 'All India Rajput Kashatriya Mahasabha'.[14]