Lal Chand Kataruchakk (born 1970) is an Indian politician from Punjab. He is an MLA from Bhoa Assembly constituency representing the Aam Aadmi Party.[2][3] He had been a sarpanch of Kataruchak village for six terms.
Lal Chand Kataruchak | |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab[1] | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Ministry and Departments |
|
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Joginder Pal |
| Constituency | Bhoa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | age 51 years Punjab, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Residence | Village Kataruchakk |
| Education | Matriculation |
| Occupation | Social Workers |
Early life and education
editKataruchakk is from Kataruchak, Pathankot District, Punjab. He is the son of Labhu Ram. He passed matriculation in 2007 from Punjab School Education Board, Mohali, and later discontinued his studies.[4]
Member of Legislative Assembly
editKataruchakk was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. 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.[5] Kataruchakk represented the Bhoa 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.[6][7] Eight ministers including Kataruchakk who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[8]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry Kataruchakk was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[9]
- Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
- Department of Forest and Wild Life Preservation
Controversy
editOn 28 April 2023, a controversy surrounded Lal Chand Kataruchakk when Congress sitting MLA from Bholath constituency Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a press conference at Jalandhar, accused him of allegedly appointing his son and other two relatives including son of his sister-in-law as personal staff. Lal Chand has denied these allegations while drawing flakes from all opposition parties including BJP.[10][11]
Electoral performance
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Joginder Pal | 67,865 | 51.95 |  16.60
| |
| BJP | Seema Kumari | 40,369 | 30.90 |  15.64
| |
| RMPI | Lal Chand Kataru Chak | 13,353 | 10.22 | new | |
| AAP | Amarjeet Singh | 3,767 | 2.88 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 454 | 0.35 | −− | |
| Majority | 27,496 | 20.97 | |||
| Turnout | 131,091 | 75.20 | 3.88
| ||
| Registered electors | 174,313 | [14] | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Lal Chand Kataruchakk | 50,339 | 36.59 | 33.71
| |
| INC | Joginder Pal[15] | 49,135 | 35.72 | 14.43
| |
| BJP | Seema Kumari | 29,132 | 21.18 | 9.72
| |
| BSP | Rakesh Kumar Majotara | 5,046 | 3.67 | 3.14
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 749 | 0.54 | 0.19
| |
| Majority | 1,204 | 0.87 | |||
| Turnout | 137572 | ||||
| Registered electors | 182,915 | [16] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains". 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Provide Rs 10K help to poor in rural belt: AAP". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Lal Chand Kataruchak(Revolutionary Marxist Party of India):Constituency- BHOA (SC)(PATHANKOT) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Khaira writes to CM, seeks immediate dismissal, arrest of minister Kataruchak Express News Service. 29 April 2023
- ^ Punjab minister Lal Chand Kataruchak appointed kin as personal staff, alleges Sukhpal Khaira Tribuneindia News Service. 28 April 2023
- ^ "Bhoa Assembly election result, 2017". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.