Dharambir Agnihotri

Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri (born 1946) is a member of the Indian National Congress party. He is member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tarn Taran Assembly Constituency.[1] which he won by a record margin by defeating 3 time MLA Harmeet Singh Dhillon (Once independent and twice from Shiromani Akali Dal ). Dr. Agnihotri has been a practicing doctor by training and has also been a doctor at his hospital named Agnihotri Hospital in village Sheron Dist. Tarn Taran.

Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri
Dharambir Agnihotri talking to Amarinder Singh in 2016.
MLA, Punjab
In office
2017- Present
Preceded byHarmeet Singh Sandhu
ConstituencyTarn Taran
Majority14629
Sarpanch
In office
1997 - 2002
ConstituencyVillage Sheron, Tarn Taran
Personal details
Born (1946-03-13) 13 March 1946
Village Sheron, Tarn Taran
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Smt. Kiran Agnihotri
ChildrenTwo Sons & One Daughter
ResidenceTarn Taran
EducationTibbia College
OccupationDoctor, Physician, Politician
WebsiteTwitter


Dr. Agnihotri was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the first time in 2017. Remained General Secretary Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Chandigarh and President District Congress Committee Tarn Taran. He also held the office as Member of the Estimate Committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha (2017-18) and member of Committee on Estimates of Punjab Vidhan Sabha (2018-19). Currently He is member of recently formed Cooperation Department. He is also member of Privilege committee and Local Body Committee in Government of Punjab.

Political career

Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri first became a sarpanch (head of a village) of Sheron (where his hospital is) and he was unanimously elected in 1997.

Dr. Agnihotri was recruited by Captain Amarinder Singh of Indian National Congress himself in 2007, due to his honesty and sheer commitment towards people, to run as a candidate for the legislative assembly from Naushara Pannuan, but he lost by a slim margin of 2459 votes against Ranjit Singh Brahampura of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2012 Dharambir switched constituencies and this time fought the election from the Taran Tarn constituency, again he lost this time by a narrow margin of 4621 votes to Harmeet Singh Sandhu of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 2010, he was made President of the District Congress Committee for Tarn Taran and he resigned in 2013. In 2014 he was made the general secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. In 2017, Agnihotri again ran from Taran Tarn and this time he defeated the incumbent Harmeet Singh Sandhu of Shiromani Akali Dal by a margin of 14,629 votes.[2][3][1] This was seen as a very historical win because it was the first time that a candidate from the Congress party won from this constituency in around 40 years. Along with this Dharambir was the first Hindu candidate to ever win an election from this constituency.[4]

Doctor Agnihotri has been an active participant in the agitation against Union Government led by Narendra Modi against newly passed 3 Farms Laws along with other Congress MLAs and MPs at Jantar Mantar New Delhi.[5]


Official Engagements
  • Privilege Committee  : (2021 - Present)
  • Local Body Committee  : (2021 - Present)
  • Cooperation Department: (2021 - Present)
  • Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar - Member Syndicate
  • Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee- Secretary Punjab.
  • Formerly, President, District Congress Committee, Tarn-Taran


References
  1. "Result of the Taran Tarn Election in 2017".
  2. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF).
  3. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF).
  4. "Congress Party Makes History in Taran Tarn". 26 January 2012.
  5. "Punjab Cong MPs dharna at Jantar Mantar in 15th day". 22 December 2020.

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