Harjot Singh Bains
Harjot Singh Bains is an Indian politician of AAP from Punjab. He won from Anandpur Sahib Assembly Constituency in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. Biography. Bains hails from Village Gambhirpur in Shri Anandpur Sahib tehsil, district Ropar of Punjab. His grandfather Late S. Ujjagar Singh Bains was an employee in BBMB Nangal and worked in the construction of Bhakra Nangal Dam and his Maternal Grandfather Late S. Kabal Singh Dhillon was one of the leading Contractors of his time in Nangal. He did his schooling from Ludhiana and BA LLB Hons. from Punjab University. He has also  been to London School of Economics and Political Science for a short course in International Human Rights Law. He is a practicing lawyer in Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has been part of many social movements and founded a Pan Punjab United Youth Organization at the age of 18. He actively participated in the India Against Corruption movement. He was the founding president of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab at the age of 23. In 2016, he led the , 15-day "Nawa Punjab March" against drug abuse in Punjab, walking from Shri in Fatehgarh Sahib district to the  border of Hussainiwala in Ferozepur district. Career. 2017 Punjab assembly election. In the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, he was the Aam Aadmi Party candidate to represent the Sahnewal Assembly Constituency. He ran as a candidate from Sahnewal in the 2017 assembly elections but was unsuccessful, securing 39,000 votes at the age of 26. He is spokesperson for the Aam Aadmi Party and member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi party. 2022 Punjab assembly election. Mr. Bains won 2022 Punjab assembly elections from Shri Anandpur Sahib constituency by defeating Mr. Rana KP Singh of Congress Party by more  than 40,000 votes. Member of Legislative Assembly. Bains was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Anandpur Sahib Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh. Eight ministers including Bains who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs. As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Bains was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government: