Sewa Singh Sekhwan
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Sewa Singh Sekhwan is the Shiromani Akali Dal
Member of legislative assembly
and Education minister
of Punjab
who took oath as a cabinet minister for the second time on October 26, 2009 is political stalwart.he has made a long journey of his political career. Sekhwan has political lineage of his father Ujagar Singh Sekhwan who was MLA from kahnuwan in 1977 and 1980.he was founder of Indian minorties and dalit front and worked hard for the down trodden. He remained the president of akali dal during Emergency in India.
,he was first time elected MLA in 1997 from kahnuwan.he was made Revenue
, Rehabilitation
and Public Relations
, Minister
in the badal government.
beside taking active part in politics,Sekhwan himself is the member of SGPC,the supreme sikh body and his wife amarjit kaur has remained executive body of SGPC.
Shiromani Akali Dal
The Shiromani Akali Dal , translation: Supreme Akali Party) is a Sikh nationalist political parties based in Punjab. The current party to be recognized by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Parkash Singh Badal...
Member of legislative assembly
Member of Legislative Assembly
A Member of Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature of a State in the Indian system of government...
and Education minister
Education minister
An education minister is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters.-Country-related articles and lists:Minister of Education may refer to:...
of Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
who took oath as a cabinet minister for the second time on October 26, 2009 is political stalwart.he has made a long journey of his political career. Sekhwan has political lineage of his father Ujagar Singh Sekhwan who was MLA from kahnuwan in 1977 and 1980.he was founder of Indian minorties and dalit front and worked hard for the down trodden. He remained the president of akali dal during Emergency in India.
Background
Sewa Singh Sekhwan, a teacher by profession, served for 14 years took up the responsibility after the death of this father in 1990.Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, the then SAD president patronized sekhwan as heir of his father and fielded him from kahnuwan assembly in gurdaspur districtGurdaspur District
Gurdaspur district is a district in the state of Punjab, situated in the northwest part of the Republic of India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of the Pakistani Punjab, Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir, the Punjab districts of Amritsar and...
,he was first time elected MLA in 1997 from kahnuwan.he was made Revenue
Revenue
In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....
, Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
-Mental health:* Drug rehabilitation* Rehabilitation , the rehabilitation of criminal behavior.* Rehabilitation , therapy aimed at improving neurocognitive function that has been lost or diminished by disease or traumatic injury...
and Public Relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
, Minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
in the badal government.
beside taking active part in politics,Sekhwan himself is the member of SGPC,the supreme sikh body and his wife amarjit kaur has remained executive body of SGPC.