Summary Sunil Jakhar while joining BJP said that three generations of my family have served the Congress party in the last 50 years. Today I severed my 50 year ties with the Congress on the issues of nationalism, unity and brotherhood in Punjab.

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Sunil Jakhar, one of Punjab’s veteran leaders, joined the BJP. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of the party’s chairman, JP Nadda, in Delhi. During this, Nadda said that I welcome Sunil Jakhar to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is an experienced political leader who made a name for himself during his political career. I am sure that he will play an important role in strengthening the party in Punjab. Jakhar had bid farewell to Congress a few days ago by broadcasting live on social media.

Jakhar is a veteran Hindu leader of Punjab Sunil Jakhar, one of the veteran Hindu leaders of Punjab, is the son of former Lok Sabha President Balram Jakhar. Sunil Jakhar, born in 1954 into the Jakhar family, won the Abohar constituency consecutive MLA election from 2002 to 2017. In the 2017 Abohar assembly election, he was defeated by a BJP candidate. Following this, following the death of MP Vinod Khanna, in 2017 he contested the by-elections from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. In 2017, Jakhar was appointed as the president of the Punjab Congress. In 2019, he again contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Gurdaspur seat but lost.

Sunil Jakhar, who bid farewell to Congress live on social media, was angry at the Congress high command for not keeping the promise. Before the assembly elections, when the high command removed him from the position of head of state and handed over the command to Navjot Sidhu, then he was assured that he would give him a great responsibility. Jakhar left office peacefully at that time, but after that he, too, was kicked out of the race for the new prime minister. After the party’s condition in the assembly elections, Jakhar felt marginalized.

With the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh as Chief Minister in Punjab in September 2021, the script for Sunil Jakhar’s resignation had begun. Jakhar was angry at the central leadership for not being appointed Chief Minister even after the consent of 42 MLAs. After this, he had withdrawn from active politics in the assembly elections held in February.

According to political pundits in Punjab, the script for Sunil Jakhar’s resignation began when the Congress high command replaced Captain Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi as prime minister. In February he announced his retirement from active politics. With this, he refused to contest the assembly elections. His anger at the central leadership came to the fore when he was campaigning for his nephew in the assembly elections.

During this, he stated that after Amarinder Singh’s sudden resignation last year, 42 MLAs wanted him to be the Chief Minister of Punjab, but that he would continue to be a part of Congress. After this, he had also opened a front against the central leadership by making a statement against former Prime Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, after which the party’s top brass took disciplinary action against him. He was angry with the central leadership regarding all of these matters. He was also dissatisfied with the attitude of former Punjab Congress Speaker Harish Rawat and current Punjab Congress Speaker Harish Chaudhary.

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Sunil Jakhar, one of Punjab’s veteran leaders, joined the BJP. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of the party’s chairman, JP Nadda, in Delhi. During this, Nadda said that I welcome Sunil Jakhar to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is an experienced political leader who made a name for himself during his political career. I am sure that he will play an important role in strengthening the party in Punjab. Jakhar had bid farewell to Congress a few days ago by broadcasting live on social media.

Jakhar is a veteran Hindu leader from Punjab.

Sunil Jakhar, one of Punjab’s veteran Hindu leaders, is the son of former Lok Sabha President Balram Jakhar. Sunil Jakhar, born in 1954 into the Jakhar family, won the Abohar constituency consecutive MLA election from 2002 to 2017. In the 2017 Abohar assembly election, he was defeated by a BJP candidate. Following this, following the death of MP Vinod Khanna, in 2017 he contested the by-elections from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. In 2017, Jakhar was appointed as the president of the Punjab Congress.

In 2019, he contested the Lok Sabha elections again from the Gurdaspur seat but lost. Outraged by not fulfilling the promise of the High Command of Congress

Sunil Jakhar, who bid farewell to the Congress live on social media, was very angry with the party’s top brass. Before the assembly elections, when the high command removed him from the position of head of state and handed over the command to Navjot Sidhu, then he was assured that he would give him a great responsibility. Jakhar left office peacefully at that time, but after that he, too, was kicked out of the race for the new prime minister. After the party’s condition in the assembly elections, Jakhar felt marginalized.

With the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh as Chief Minister in Punjab in September 2021, the script for Sunil Jakhar’s resignation had begun. Jakhar was angry at the central leadership for not being appointed Chief Minister even after the consent of 42 MLAs. After this, he had withdrawn from active politics in the assembly elections held in February.

According to political pundits in Punjab, the script for Sunil Jakhar’s resignation began when the Congress high command replaced Captain Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi as prime minister. In February he announced his retirement from active politics. With this, he refused to contest the assembly elections. His anger at the central leadership came to the fore when he was campaigning for his nephew in the assembly elections.

During this, he stated that after Amarinder Singh’s sudden resignation last year, 42 MLAs wanted him to be the Chief Minister of Punjab, but that he would continue to be a part of Congress. After this, he had also opened a front against the central leadership by making a statement against former Prime Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, after which the party’s top brass took disciplinary action against him. He was angry with the central leadership regarding all of these matters. He was also dissatisfied with the attitude of former Punjab Congress Speaker Harish Rawat and current Punjab Congress Speaker Harish Chaudhary.