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Dharowali, Gurdaspur district East Punjab>Punjab, IndiaAll India Congress Committee>AICC for Rajasthan|term_start = December 2022|term_end = |predecessor = Ajay MakenList of deputy chief ministers of Punjab, India>Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab| term_start1 = 20 September 2021| term_end1 = 16 March 2022 | predecessor1 = Sukhbir Singh Badal| alongside1 = Om Parkash Soni| 2blankname1 = | 1namedata1 = Charanjit Singh Channi| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister| governor1 = Banwarilal Purohit| term_start2 = 2012| term_end2 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab (India)>PunjabDera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency>Dera Baba Nanak| term2 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | constituency3 = 20px) Indian National Congress| religion = | spouse = | children = | residence = Awakha, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India| website = }}Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (born 1 February 1959) is an Indian politician who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab. He is also a member of Indian National Congress and Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represents Dera Baba Nanak.WEB, MLA' S Punjab,weblink Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, 18 May 2013, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130731015351weblink">weblink 31 July 2013, dmy-all, WEB, Punjab Congress Crisis Live Updates: New CLP leader likely to be announced today,weblink 2021-09-19, The Times of India, en,

Early life

Sukhjinder Singh was born on 1 February 1959 at Dharowali village, tehsil Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district.WEB,weblink Personal information of MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Punjab Legislative Assembly official website, 24 July 2019, His father's name was Santokh Singh who served as Punjab congress chief twice and was one of the most senior congressmen of his time. Sukhjinder completed his Matric education from Government school Chandigarh in 1975.WEB, Details of Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa,weblink Association For Democratic Reforms, 18 May 2013,

Political career

Randhawa first successfully contested Punjab Legislative Assembly from Fatehgarh Churian in 2002 defeating Akali dal's Nirmal Singh Kahlon.WEB, STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB,weblink Election Commission of India, 18 May 2013, In 2012, he was elected from new constituency Dera Baba Nanak.WEB, STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB,weblink Election Commission of India, 18 May 2013, He was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest as part of their decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.WEB,weblink SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation, 11 November 2016,

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represents the Dera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly. 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.NEWS, 16 March 2022, AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister, en-IN, The Hindu,weblink 22 March 2022, 0971-751X,

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on EstimatesWEB, vidhan Sabha,weblink punjabassembly.nic.in,

Electoral performance

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