Adesh Partap Singh Kairon

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Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (born 26 February 1959)born in Dhillon jatt sikh family. He is a politician from Punjab, India. He is a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly in the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Patti Constituency. He has served thrice as a minister. He has held the portfolios of Excise and Taxation, Food and IT.[3][4]

Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
1997–2017
Preceded bySakhwinder Singh
Succeeded byHarminder Singh Gill
ConstituencyPatti
Personal details
Born (1959-02-26) 26 February 1959 (age 65)[1]
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Political partyShiromani Akali Dal
SpouseParneet Kaur[2]
Parent(s)Surinder Singh Kairon and Kusum Kumari
Alma materPunjab Engineering College, Kellogg School of Management

Kairon belongs to the Kairon political family and was the longest served minister in the state of Punjab. He is the great-grandson of Nihal Singh Kairon, grandson of Pratap Singh Kairon, son of Surinder Singh Kairon, son-in-law of Parkash Singh Badal and brother-in-law of Sukhbir Singh Badal. He is also a nephew (by marriage) of Harcharan Singh Brar.

Kairon holds a BE degree from Punjab Engineering College and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.[2] He has two sons.[citation needed]

Kairon was expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal on May 25, 2024 due to participating in anti-party actions. The decision was taken after Virsa Singh Valtoha made a complaint against Kairon. [5]

References

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  1. ^ page 4 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium Archived 25 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Bajwa, Harpreet (3 March 2007). "In new Akali Cabinet, 3 ministers are CM's kin". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Badal family gainfully employed in public life!". Bombay News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Punjab politics: It's all in the family". The Times of India. 4 January 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  5. ^ "ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਦਲ ਨੇ ਆਦੇਸ਼ ਪ੍ਰਤਾਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਕੈਰੋਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਚੋਂ ਕੱਢਿਆ ਬਾਹਰ". ਅਜੀਤ: ਤਾਜ਼ਾ ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ. Retrieved 25 May 2024.