Fauja Singh Sarari

Indian politician

Freedom Fighters
Defence Services Welfare
Food Processing
Horticulture

Succeeded byChetan Singh JauramajraMLA, Punjab

Incumbent

Assumed office
2022Preceded byRana Gurmit Singh SodhiConstituencyGuru Har SahaiMajorityAam Aadmi Party Personal detailsBornGuru HarsahaiPolitical partyAam Aadmi PartyResidencePunjab

Fauja Singh Sarari also known as Fauja Singh Rana is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Guru Har Sahai Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.^[2] He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.^[3]^[4] He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Guru Har Sahai Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab 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.^[8]

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Member (2022–23) Committee on Public Undertakings^[9]
Member (2022–23) Committee on Privileges^[10]

Cabinet Minister

5 MLAs including Fauja Singh Sarari were inducted into the cabinet and their swearing in ceremony took place on 4 July 2022.^[11] On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of his cabinet of ministers with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government. Fauja Singh Sarari was among the inducted ministers and was given the charge of following departments.^[12]

Freedom Fighters
Defence Services Welfare
Food Processing
Horticulture

Allegations

On 11 September 2022 opposition politician Sukhpal Singh Khaira levelled allegations of corruption against Minister Fauja Singh while sharing an audio call recording clip on Twitter. ^[13]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Guru Har Sahai Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Guru Har Sahai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Fauja Singh Sarari^[14]	68,343	49.02	38.56
	SAD	Vardev Singh	57,769	41.44	0.29
	INC	Vijay Kumar	5,578	4	41.97
	BJP	Gurpervez Singh	3,988	2.86	New
	SAD(A)	Jatinder Singh Thind	1,208	0.87
	NOTA	None of the above	443	0.32	0.21
Majority			10,574	7.58
Turnout			1,38,491
Registered electors			172,641	^[15]

References

^ "Fauja Singh Sarari resigns as minister".
^ "Punjab Elections: They came, they saw, they won hearts and seats". The Indian Express. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Aam Aadmi Party releases its ninth list of five candidates in Punjab". Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "APP announces 3 more candidates for upcoming Punjab asssembly polls". Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
^ "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
^ "Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann expands Cabinet, 5 MLAs inducted as ministers". Free Press Journal. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Punjab Cabinet expansion: Anmol Gagan gets tourism; Indervir Nijjar local bodies, Chetan Singh health". Tribune India News Service. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Sukhpal Singh Khaira Tweet".
^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Aam Aadmi Party candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

External links

"Election Commission of India". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

Political offices
Preceded by Bhagwant Mann	Punjab Cabinet minister for Freedom Fighters 2022–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Bhagwant Mann	Punjab Cabinet minister for Defence Services Welfare 2022–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Bhagwant Mann	Punjab Cabinet minister for Food Processing 2022–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Bhagwant Mann	Punjab Cabinet minister for Horticulture 2022–present	Incumbent
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by -	Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Guru Har Sahai Assembly constituency 2022 –	Incumbent