Guriqbal Kaur

Guriqbal Kaur is an Indian politician from the state of Punjab and a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1]

Guriqbal Kaur
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byJatinder Singh Kariha
ConstituencyNawan Shahr Assembly Constituency
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Parkash Singh
OccupationPolitician

Constituency

Kaur represents the Nawan Shahr Assembly Constituency of Punjab.[2]

Political party

Kaur is a member of the Indian National Congress.[3][4]

Kaur 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.[5]

Personal life

Gur Iqbal Kaur was married to Parkash Singh who was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2007 from the Nawan Shahr Assembly Constituency of Punjab. The same seat was given to her after his demise in 2010, and she represented it in Punjab Assembly from 2012 to 2017. She was succeeded as MLA by her son Angad Singh Saini.

References
  1. "Punjab 2012 GurIqbal Kaur (Winner) NAWAN SHAHR". myneta.info. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Nawanshahr Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  3. "Punjab Congress MLA, leaders detained". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  4. "Congress leaders relative booked". indianexpress.com/article. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  5. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/syl-verdict-42-punjab-congress-mlas-submit-resignation-4369724/
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