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Kulwant Singh is a businessman and politician who is currently a Member of Legislative Assembly from SAS Nagar and is the first Mayor of Mohali (Punjab). He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.




Early life


He was born into a Ravidasia/Ramdasia Sikh family of an army man at Samana Kalan, Rupnagar, Punjab.
He left his village and went to Zirakpur and spent three years weighing trucks and other heavy vehicles. He also rode horse carts through the streets to sell the stock of wheat straw.




Business


Kulwant Singh is a real estate businessman and philanthropist. He is the Managing Director of Janta Land Promoters Ltd. and have turnover of Rs.1500 crore. He also has two commercial buildings which include two shop-cum-offices in Sector 82, Mohali.
He owns plots, residential areas and other properties in various places of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.




Political career


Kulwant Singh represented the ward number 21 as Senior Vice-President of Mohali Municipal Council elections in 1995 for the first time. He was also President of Mohali Municipal Council from 2000 to 2005. In 2015, he became first mayor of Mohali after declaration of the council being upgraded as the municipal corporation. He was a candidate for the Fatehgarh Sahib Constituency on the SAD-BJP ticket in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. Kulwant was one of the richest candidates from Punjab.




Member of Legislative Assembly


He represents the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 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.

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Member (2022–23) Committee on Local Bodies
Member (2022–23) Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Member (2022–23) Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities




Electoral performance




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References






External links


Kulwant Singh on Facebook
Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

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