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Second time, when Gurmukh Singh Musafir become the chief minister after the reorganization of Punjab in 1966, the predecessor chief minister Ram Kishan served as the leader of the house during the chief minister-ship of the Musaffir. In all other cases, the chief minister of Punjab also serves as the Leader of the House.
Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the Punjab region. It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India , and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
Official Opposition [1] is a term used in Punjab Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats Punjab assembly. . In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assemb
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Sikh leader during the Sikh Confederacy, being the Supreme Leader of the Dal Khalsa. He was also Misldar of the Ahluwalia Misl from approximately 1716 to 1801. He founded the Kapurthala State in 1772; Charat Singh, the father of Mahan Singh, and grandfather of Ranjit Singh.
Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties – Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). [1] [2] Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population.
Punjabi Muslims (Punjabi: پنجابی مسلمان ) are adherents of Islam who are linguistically, culturally or genealogically Punjabis.Primarily geographically native to the Punjab province of Pakistan today, many have ancestry in the entire Punjab region, split between India and Pakistan in the contemporary era.
Pages in category "Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Fateh Singh, [72] leader in Punjabi Suba movement; Gian Singh Rarewala, [73] former Premier and former Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) Gurdial Singh Dhillon, [74] former two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and former president of Inter-Parliamentary Union; Gurnam Singh, [75] former Chief Minister of Punjab