Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Sunil Kumar Jakhar (born 9 February 1954) is an Indian politician and former president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (2017- 2021). Elected consecutively three times from Abohar constituency (2002-2017), he was a Leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Indian National Congress(INC). He was elected from Gurdaspur, Punjab to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament in a by-election. Political career. He first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Abohar in 2002. In 2007 and 2012, he was re-elected from Abohar . he became member of parliament after winning a by-election in Gurdaspur. Controversy. On 7 January 2017, Jakhar sent a complaint to the Punjab chief election officer alleging that local Shiromani Akali Dal leader Shivlal Doda and his nephew Waris / others used seven different mobile numbers while in a Fazilka prison.