Political families of Punjab, India

The list of political families of Punjab, India

Kairon Family

• Partap Singh Kairon (freedom fighter), (revolutionary), and former Chief Minister Punjab.
  • Surinder Singh Kairon Member of Parliament
    • Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, grandson of Pratap Singh Kairon, and a Cabinet minister in Parkash Singh Badal govt.
  • Gurinder Singh Kairon Congress leader

Barnala Family

• Surjit Singh Barnala, former Governor, Union Minister and Chief Minister Punjab India
  • Surjit Kaur Barnala, former MLA
    • Gaganjit Singh Barnala, former MLA

Beant Singh Family

• Beant Singh (chief minister), former Chief Minister of Punjab
  • Gurkanwal Kaur, former MLA
    • Ravneet Singh Bittu, MP
  • Tej Parkash Singh, former MLA and minister
    • Gurkirat Singh, MLA

Badal Family

• Parkash Singh Badal, Current Chief Minister of Punjab.
  • Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister or Punjab and President of the Shiromani Akali Dal
  • Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of Sukhbir and current Member of Parliament from Bathinda
• Gurdas Singh Badal ex mp
  • Manpreet Badal, former minister Punjab

Gupta Family

• Harbans Lal Gupta, Freedom fighter; Founding Member, Praja Mandal Movement; Former Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker (1964–67); Member of Legislative Assembly (Cong) from Bathinda (1952–62) and Minister of State, Punjab (1952-57)^[1]
  • Anupam Gupta, Special Prosecutor, Central Bureau of Investigation; Senior Standing Council for U.T Chandigarh; Lawyer of the Liberhan Commission on the destruction of the Babri Masjid
    • Apurv Gupta - son of Anupam Gupta, no record of Indian politics; student, University of Edinburgh

Royal Family of Patiala

• Mohinder Kaur, former Member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
  • Capt. Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
  • Preneet Kaur, wife of Amarinder Singh and current Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry and Member of Parliament from Patiala.
    • Raninder Singh, Son of Capt. Amarinder Singh and Preenet Kaur and Contested Lok Sabha election from Bathinda in 2009 and Assembly election from Samana (Punjab) in 2012.

Brar Family

• Jaswinder Singh Brar, Ex. Corporate Minister of Punjab: SAD
  • Balkar Singh Brar,Chief Town Planner, Punjab.(Son of Jaswinder S Brar)
  • Mantar Singh Brar, MLA and chief parliamentary secretary, Punjab SAD (Badal) (son of Jaswinder S Brar)
  • Paramjit Kaur Dhillon, President Municipal Corporation, SAD (Badal) (daughter of Jaswinder S Brar)
  • Kultar Singh Brar, Chairman ZilaParishad, Faridkot (son of Jaswinder Singh Brar)

Singla Family

• Sant Ram Singla, former MP
  • Vijay Inder Singla, current MP

Chhina Family

• Achhar Singh Chhina (freedom fighter), (revolutionary), and former CPI LeaderPunjab.
  • Jagbir Singh Chhina (Nephew, comrade Achhar Singh Chhina) a freedom fighter and Member of Indian National Congress]

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