Sadhu Singh

Indian politician and academic

Sadhu Singh

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Paramjit Kaur Gulshan
Succeeded by	Muhammad Sadiq
Constituency	Faridkot

Personal details
Born	1941 Manuke, Moga, Punjab, British India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Profession	Politician, Retired Professor

Sadhu Singh is an Indian academic and politician from Punjab. He was a member of parliament from Faridkot from 2014 to 2019. He is part of the Aam Aadmi Party and is a member of its national executive committee.^[1]

Early life and education

Sadhu Singh was born in the village of Manuke Gill in Moga District in 1941. He joined the irrigation department as a draughtsman in Chandigarh in 1961. He continued his studies and was awarded a M.A. degree in English from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1970. He also attained degree of Budhiman (Proficiency in Punjabi) from Panjab University in Chandhigarh. He also taught the subject of English to paramedical classes at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.

Career

He was selected by Punjab Public Service Commission as a college lecturer in English in 1970. He served at Government Brijindra College Faridkot from 1971 to 1999 as Lecturer in English and worked for College Lecturer Association (G.C.L.A.) Punjab. After retirement in 1999, he worked as Principal in K. K. Marwah Girls College, Faridkot.

Publication

Singh has authored two books of Punjabi poetry, Pyasi Mehak and Saleeb Te Sargam and has been associated with numerous literary and cultural Sabhas and Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha.^{[citation needed]}

Politics

Singh contested the 2014 Indian general election on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket from Faridkot constituency and defeated Shiromani Akali Dal's Paramjit Kaur Gulshan by 172,516 votes.^[2]

References

^ "Sadhu Singh – Aam Aadmi Party". Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Paramjit Kaur Gulshan	Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha for Faridkot, Punjab 2014 – 2019	Succeeded by Muhammad Sadiq
Aam Aadmi Party political offices
New political party	Member of Political Affairs Committee of AAP ? – present	Incumbent
New political party	Member of National Executive Committee of AAP ? – present	Incumbent

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Punjab State

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Gurjeet Singh Aujla
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v t e Aam Aadmi Party
National posts	Convener: Arvind Kejriwal Secretary: Pankaj Gupta Treasurer: Narain Dass Gupta Joint General Secretary: Ishudan Gadhvi
Political Affairs Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Sanjay Singh Gopal Rai Atishi Durgesh Pathak Imran Hussain Raghav Chadha Rakhi Bidlan
National Executive Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Bhagwant Mann Sanjay Singh Raghav Chadha Narain Dass Gupta Sushil Gupta Ishudan Gadhvi Gopal Rai Satyendra Kumar Jain Imran Hussain Rajendra Pal Gautam Rakhi Birla Harpal Singh Cheema Atishi Dilip Pandey Dinesh Mohaniya Aman Arora Saravjit Kaur Manuke Prof. Baljinder Kaur Venzy Viegas Preeti Sharma Menon and others
Spokespersons	Saurabh Bhardwaj (Chief Spokesperson) Sanjay Singh Pankaj Gupta Dilip Pandey Bhagwant Mann Preeti Sharma Menon Prithvi Reddy Nishikant Mohapatra Raghav Chadha Anjali Rai
State wings	Delhi Gujarat Goa Himachal Pradesh Haryana Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh
Current chief ministers	Arvind Kejriwal Bhagwant Mann
Current members of Parliament	Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha
Political wings	Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti