Satnam Singh Kainth, was an Indian politician and founder of BSP (Kainth).
Satnam Singh Kainth | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1998-1999 | |
| Preceded by | Harbhajan Lakha |
| Succeeded by | Santosh Chowdhary |
| Constituency | Phillaur Punjab |
| Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly | |
| In office 25 February 1992 - 12 February 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Gurbinder Kaur Brar |
| Succeeded by | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1961 Village Sotran, Tehsil Banga, District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar Punjab |
| Died | 14 January 2018 (aged 56) Mohali, Punjab. |
| Political party | Bahujan Samaj Party (till 1998) Bahujan Samaj Morcha (1998-2007) Indian National Congress (from 2007- till death ) |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
editHe was born into Chamar caste to Chanan Ram at Sotran, Nawanshahr (Punjab). He did B.A. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Politics
editHe became MLA from Banga Assembly Constituency of Bahujan Samaj Party as well as the Leader of Opposition from 1992-97.
He formed his own faction of Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab.
In 1998, he became Member of Parliament from Phillaur constituency in Punjab and served till mid 1999.
He again contested the Punjab Assembly elections from Adampur constituency in 2012 and in 2017 from Banga constituency but lost subsequently.[1][2][3][4]
He was Vice-President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and later died of brain hemorrhage on 14 January 2018.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "PHILLAUR Parliamentary Constituency". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ M. L. Ahuja (1998). Electoral Politics and General Elections in India, 1952-1998. Mittal Publications. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-81-7099-711-5. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Dr. Kuldeep Kaur (1999). Akali Dal in Punjab Politics: Splits and Mergers. Deep & Deep Publications. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-81-7629-128-6. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Satnam Kainth, now Punjab Congress VP and BSP's LoP in 1992, passes away - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.