Sadhu Singh

Prof. Sadhu Singh

Member of Parliament
In office 2014 – Incumbent
Preceded by	Paramjit Kaur Gulshan
Constituency	Faridkot
Personal details
Born	1941 Manuke, Moga, Punjab, British India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Profession	Politician, Retired Professor

Professor Sadhu Singh is a member of parliament from Faridkot (Lok Sabha constituency). He won the Indian general election, 2014 as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate.^[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 Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1970.

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.

Social work

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.

Politics

Singh contested the 2014 General Elections on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket from Faridkot constituency and defeated Shiromani Akali Dal's Paramjit Kaur Gulshan by 1,72,516 votes.

References

↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Punjab State

GE 2014	Amarinder Singh Prem Singh Chandumajra Harsimrat Kaur Badal Sadhu Singh Harinder Singh Khalsa Sher Singh Ghubaya Vinod Khanna Vijay Sampla Santokh Singh Choudhary Ranjit Singh Brahmpura Ravneet Singh Dharamvir Gandhi

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Aam Aadmi Party

National Conveners	Arvind Kejriwal (November 2012 - incumbent)

Political Affairs Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Gopal Rai Kumar Vishwas Manish Sisodia Pankaj Gupta Sanjay Singh

National Executive Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Sanjay Singh Kumar Vishwas Pankaj Gupta Sadhu Singh Durgesh Pathak Atishi Marlena Amantullah Khan Pankaj Kr Gupta Raghav Chadha Ashish Talwar Preeti Sharma Menon Dinesh Vaghela Yamini Gomar Rajendra Pal Gautam Bhagwant Mann Kanu Bhai Kalsaria Harjot Bains Baljinder Kaur Meera Sanyal Rakhi Birla Bhawana Gaur Imran Hussain

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