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May 19, 2022 · Chandigarh, UPDATED: May 19, 2022 16:51 IST. Just a few days after resigning from the Congress, the former Punjab chief of the party, Sunil Jakhar, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of the party's national president JP Nadda on Thursday. The senior leader resigned from the Congress last Saturday.
May 14, 2022 · Sunil Jakhar, senior Congress leader and former chief of its Punjab unit, quit the party today, weeks after he was issued a showcause notice by the leadership over his criticism of former Chief ...
His brother Sajjan Jakhar was many times MLA from Abohar Vidhan Sabha and agriculture minister of Punjab in 1992. Another brother Surinder Kumar Jakhar was many times Chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO). His nephew Sandeep Jakhar is also an MLA from Abohar constituency. He won this election in 2022.
Aug 16, 2022 · The first time the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC)’s president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring trained his guns on former state party chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar was on June 4 – a few weeks after the latter switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – during his campaign for the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat bypoll. Warring had then also targeted his nephew Sandeep Jakhar, the 45-year-old Congress MLA from Abohar, saying that Sunil could have also taken the latter along with him to the ...
Punjab Congress Party Chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar on Saturday termed chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s conduct in his confrontation with governor Banwarilal Purohit as unprofessional, unnecessary and ...
May 15, 2022 · With veteran Congress leader Sunil Jakhar quitting the party on Saturday, the existing faultlines in the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) were once again on display. Former state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu came out in Jakhar’s support soon after the former PCC president announced his decision in a Facebook Live stream while the party’s current state chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring lashed out at him.
Jul 4, 2023 · Sunil Jakhar: Family and Education His father was Balram Jakhar, Congress party leader and well-known Indian politician, who established the farmers' association Bharatiya Krishak Samaj and served as Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Sajjan Kumar Jakhar, the oldest brother of Jakhars, served as a minister in Beant Singh's Punjab government (1992-1995).
