Om Parkash Soni
4th Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
20 September 2021 – 11 March 2022
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi
Preceded bySukhbir Singh Badal
Succeeded byVacant
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2022
Preceded byLaxmi Kanta Chawla
Succeeded byAjay Gupta
ConstituencyAmritsar Central
In office
1997–2012
Preceded byconstituency created
Succeeded byRaj Kumar Verka
ConstituencyAmritsar West
Personal details
Born (1957-07-03) 3 July 1957
Bhilowal
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSuman Soni
ResidenceAmritsar

Om Parkash Soni is an Indian politician and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab who belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly represents Amritsar Central. He was also a Cabinet Minister in the government of Punjab and head of the School Education department.[1] He was sworn as Deputy CM on 20th Sept 2021.

Family

He was born on 3 July 1957 at village Bhilowal Pakka in Amritsar district of Punjab. His father's name is Jagat Mitter Soni. The name of his spouse is Suman Soni.[2]

Political career

Soni was elected for Punjab Legislative Assembly from Amritsar West in 1997 as an independent candidate.[3] He was re-elected in 2002 elections.[4] In 2007, he successfully contested as Congress candidate Amritsar West.[5] In 2012, he successfully contested from Amritsar Central.[6]

Soni was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[7]

In March 2017, he was again elected from Amritsar Central Assembly constituency by defeating its nearest opponent Tarun Chugh of BJP with a margin of 21,116 votes. In April 2018, he was made a cabinet minister of Punjab and given the charge of School Education department.

References

  1. ↑ Education Minister of Punjab
  2. ↑ "MLA of Amritsar Central – Om Parkash Soni".
  3. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. ↑ PTI (11 November 2016). "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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