Lal Chand Kataruchakk

Lal Chand Kataruchak is an Indian politician and the MLA from Bhoa Assembly constituency. He belongs to vill Kataru Chak in Pathankot. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2][3] He had been sarpanch of Kataru Chak village for six terms.

Lal Chand Kataruchak
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab[1]
Assumed office
19 March 2022
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
CabinetMann ministry
Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann
Ministry and Departments
  • Food & Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Affairs
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 March 2022
Preceded byJoginder Pal
ConstituencyBhoa
Personal details
Bornage 51 years
Punjab, India
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
ResidenceVillage Kataruchakk
EducationMatriculation
OccupationSocial Workers

Member of Legislative Assembly

Kataruchakk was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. 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.[4] Kataruchakk represented the Bhoa Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He took oath as a cabinet minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[5][6] Eight ministers including Kataruchakk who took oath were greenhorn (first term) MLAs.[7]

As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry Kataruchakk was given the charge of two departments of the Punjab Government:[8]

  1. Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
  2. Department of Forest and Wild Life Preservation

Controversy

On 28th April 2023, a controversy surrounded Lal Chand Kataruchakk when Congress sitting MLA from Bholath constituency Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a press conference at Jalandhar, accused him of allegedly appointing his son and other two relatives including son of his sister-in-law as personal staff. Lal Chand has denied these allegations while drawing flakes from all opposition parties including BJP. [9][10]

Electoral performance
Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Bhoa[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Joginder Pal 67,865 51.95 Increase16.60
BJP Seema Kumari 40,369 30.90 Decrease15.64
RMPI Lal Chand Kataru Chak 13,353 10.22 new
AAP Amarjeet Singh 3,767 2.88 new
NOTA None of the above 454 0.35 --
Majority 27,496 20.97
Turnout 131,091 75.20 Increase3.88
Registered electors 174,313 [13]
INC gain from BJP Swing
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Bhoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Lal Chand Kataruchakk 50,339 36.59 Increase33.71
INC Joginder Pal[14] 49,135 35.72 Decrease14.43
BJP Seema Kumari 29,132 21.18 Decrease9.72
BSP Rakesh Kumar Majotara 5,046 3.67 Increase3.14
NOTA None of the above 749 0.54 Increase0.19
Majority 1,204 0.87
Turnout 137572
Registered electors 182,915 [15]
AAP gain from INC

References
  1. "Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains". 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. "Provide Rs 10K help to poor in rural belt: AAP". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  6. "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  7. "In Mann's first list of Cabinet ministers, 8 greenhorn MLAs". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  9. Khaira writes to CM, seeks immediate dismissal, arrest of minister Kataruchak Express News Service. 29 April 2023
  10. Punjab minister Lal Chand Kataruchak appointed kin as personal staff, alleges Sukhpal Khaira Tribuneindia News Service. 28 April 2023
  11. "Bhoa Assembly election result, 2017". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  12. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  13. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  14. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  15. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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