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	{{~~Infobox~~ Indian politician		{{short description\|Indian politician }}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=February 2024}}
	\| name = Bikramjit Singh Majithia
			{{Use Indian English\|date=February 2024}}
	\| image = Bikram-singh-majithia.jpg\|thumb\|
			{{Infobox officeholder
	\| caption =
			\| name = Bikramjit Singh Majithia
	\| birth_date = 1st March 1975
			\| image = Bikram Singh Majithia.jpg
	\| died _date = 1st December 2015
			\| caption = Majithia at a rally in 2021
	\| birth_place =
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1975\|3\|1\|df=yes}}
	\| residence =
			\| birth_place =
	\| office = ], ]
			\| office = ]
	\| constituency = Majitha
			\| constituency = ]
	\| term = 2007 - Present
			\| term_start = 2007
	\| predecessor = ]
			\| term_end = 2022
	\| successor = Incumbent
			\| predecessor = Swinder Singh
	\| office2 = Minister for Information & Public Relations
			\| successor = ]
	\| office3 = Minister for Environment & Non- Conventional Energy
			\| office2 = Minister for Information & Public Relations
	\|1blankname3 = Chief Minister
			\| office3 = Minister for Environment & Non- Conventional Energy
	\|1namedata3 = ]
			\| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
	\| term3 = 2007 - Present
			\| 1namedata3 = ]
	\| predecessor3 = Capt. Amarinder Singh
			\| term3 = 2007 – 2017
	\| successor3 = Incumbent
			\| predecessor3 = ]
	\| office4 = Minister for Water Supply & Sanitation
			\| successor3 = Incumbent
	\|1blankname4 = Chief Minister
			\| office4 = Minister for Water Supply & Sanitation
	\|1namedata4 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
	\| term4 = 2007 - 2012
	\| ~~predecessor4~~ = ~~Capt.~~ ~~Amarinder~~ Singh		\| 1namedata4 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| term4 = 2007 – 2012
	\| successor4 = ]
			\| predecessor4 = Capt. Amarinder Singh
	\| office5 = Minister for Science Technology
			\| successor4 = ]
	\|1blankname5 = Chief Minister
			\| office5 = Minister for Science Technology
	\|1namedata5 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
	\| term5 = 2007 - 2012
			\| 1namedata5 = Parkash Singh Badal
	\| predecessor5 = ]
			\| term5 = 2007 – 2012
	\| successor5 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| predecessor5 = ]
	\| office6 = Minister for Revenue & Rehabilitation
			\| successor5 = Parkash Singh Badal
	\|1blankname6 = Chief Minister
			\| office6 = Minister for Revenue & Rehabilitation
	\|1namedata6 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
	\| term6 = 2012 - Present
	\| ~~predecessor6~~ = ]		\| 1namedata6 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| term6 = 2012 – 2017
	\| successor6 = Incumbent
			\| predecessor6 = ]
	\| office7 = Minister for NRI Affairs
			\| successor6 =
	\|1blankname7 = Chief Minister
			\| office7 = Minister for NRI Affairs
	\|1namedata7 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| 1blankname7 = Chief Minister
	\| term7 = 2012 - Present
	\| ~~predecessor7~~ = Parkash Singh Badal		\| 1namedata7 = Parkash Singh Badal
			\| term7 = 2012 – 2017
	\| successor7 = Incumbent
			\| predecessor7 = Parkash Singh Badal
	\| party =]
			\| successor7 =
	\| religion = ]
			\| party = ]
	\| spouse = Ganieve Grewal
			\| nationality = Indian
	\| children = 2 Sons
			\| spouse = {{marriage\|]\|November 2009}}
	\| website = www.bikramsinghmajithia.com
			\| children = 2
			\| residence = ]
			\| website =
			\| relatives = ] (grandfather)<br/>] (sister)<br/>]
	}}		}}

	'''Bikram Singh Majithia''' is an ]n politician and a ~~Cabinet~~ ~~Minister~~ in the ]. He won 2007 ] elections from the ] constituency and again won in 2012.<ref name='a'>~~</ref> He belongs to ~~the ruling~~ ] and is president of its Youth Wing, Youth Akali Dal.<ref></ref><ref></ref>~~		'''Bikram Singh Majithia''' (born 1 March 1975) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the ]. He won 2007 ] elections from the ], and again won in 2012 and 2017.<ref name='a'>{{cite web\|url=http://electionaffairs.com/punjab/state_assembly_elections_2012/winning_candidates_results_punjab_assembly_elections_2012.html \|title=Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506042537/http://electionaffairs.com/punjab/state_assembly_elections_2012/winning_candidates_results_punjab_assembly_elections_2012.html \|archive-date=6 May 2013 \|work=electionaffairs.com \|accessdate=12 March 2021}}</ref> He belongs to ] and is president of its Youth Wing, Youth Akali Dal.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.shiromaniakalidal.org.in/akali-dal-organisation-structure/ \|title=Organisation Structure Akali Dal \|work=shiromaniakalidal.org.in\|access-date=2 April 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131202111/http://www.shiromaniakalidal.org.in/akali-dal-organisation-structure/ \|archive-date=31 January 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.youthakalidal.com/latest-news \|title=Youth Akali Dal Website \|access-date=2 April 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522165241/http://youthakalidal.com/latest-news \|archive-date=22 May 2013 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

			==Background and family==
	He was born in 1976.<ref></ref> His father Satyajit Singh Majithia is a former Deputy Defence Minister. He is the younger brother of ] ], ] and hence brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister of ], ]. Bikram was married to Ganieve Grewal in November 2009.<ref>{{cite news\|title=The Big Fat Punjabi Wedding\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091126/ttlife1.htm\|accessdate=19 May 2015\|publisher=The Tribune\|date=26 November 2009}}</ref> They have two Sons.
			Majithia was born on 1 March 1975 to former Deputy Defence Minister Satyajit Singh Majithia and Sukhmanjus Kaur Majithia in ].<ref name="Profile"/> He was educated at the ]. His grandfather ] was a ] in the ] and his great-grandfather ] was Revenue Minister in the Punjab government.<ref>The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.</ref> He is the younger brother of ] ], ] and brother-in-law of former Deputy Chief Minister of ], ]. Bikram married ] in November 2009 and they have two sons.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web \|title=BIKRAM SINGH MAJITHIA \|url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/18 \|website=www.punjabassembly.nic.in \|access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Walia \|first1=Neha \|title=The big fat Punjabi wedding The word 'grandeur' just got a new meaning at Bikramjit Singh Majithia's wedding bash \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091126/ttlife1.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202074713/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091126/ttlife1.htm \|archive-date=2 December 2009\|access-date=23 March 2022 \|work=The Tribune \|date=26 November 2009}}</ref>

	==~~Personal~~ ~~Life~~==		==Political career==
			He first won the ] elections from the ] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bikram Singh Majithia (SAD): Constituency- Majitha (Amritsar) - Affidavit Information of Candidate \|url=http://myneta.info/pb2007/candidate.php?candidate_id=17 \|website=myneta.info \|accessdate=15 October 2020}}</ref> He won again from the same constituency in 2012 and 2017 assembly elections.<ref name='a'/> Subsequently he was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Pandher \|first1=Sarabjit \|title=BJP loses one berth in new Badal Cabinet \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/bjp-loses-one-berth-in-new-badal-cabinet/article2992708.ece \|accessdate=15 October 2020 \|work=The Hindu \|date=14 March 2012 \|language=en-IN}}</ref> He is ex minister of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Information & Public Relations and Non Conventional Energy.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Council of Ministers – Government of Punjab, India \|url=http://punjab.gov.in/council-of-ministers/ \|accessdate=15 October 2020 \|work=punjab.gov.in}}</ref>
	Bikram Singh Majithia was born on 1st March 1975 to Satyajit Singh Majithia former deputy defence minister and Sukhmanjus Majithia in Delhi. He got married to Ganieve Grewal in November 2009 and they have two Sons.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Walia\|first1=Neha\|title=The big fat Punjabi wedding The word 'grandeur' just got a new meaning at Bikramjit Singh Majithia's wedding bash\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091126/ttlife1.htm\|accessdate=16 April 2016\|agency=Tribune India\|publisher=Tribune India\|date=26 November 2009}}</ref>

			In February 2022, Majithia surrendered before a Mohali court in the drug case registered against him in December 2021, and was remanded in judicial custody till 8 March.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Drugs case: Bikram Majithia surrenders in court, remanded in judicial custody till March 8 \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-bikram-singh-majithia-surrenders-before-mohali-court-7788889/ \|access-date=23 March 2022 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=25 February 2022 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Vasudeva \|first1=Ravinder \|title=Drug case: Bikram Singh Majithia remanded in judicial custody \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/drug-case-bikram-singh-majithia-remanded-in-judicial-custody-101645735820355.html \|access-date=23 March 2022 \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=25 February 2022 \|language=en}}</ref> While his wife Ganieve contested from ] in the ] and won, Majithia instead contested from ], and lost.<ref name="News18">{{cite news \|title=Majitha Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Ganieve Kaur Majithia of SAD Wins \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/majitha-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-4852622.html \|access-date=23 March 2022 \|work=News18 \|date=11 March 2022 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Akali Leader Bikram Singh Majithia Loses Amritsar East: Five Things About The Leader \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/punjab-election-results-2022-akali-leader-bikram-singh-majithia-loses-amritsar-east-five-points-2815624 \|access-date=23 March 2022 \|work=NDTV \|date=10 March 2022}}</ref>
	==Early Life & education==
	He is born into a family that traces its roots to Attar Singh Majithia, a prominent general in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army. His family also founded The Tribune, a prominent newspaper of the region published from Chandigarh. A product of the prestigious St. Stephens College, New Delhi where he studied for his Graduation Degree, Bikram Singh Majithia went to DAV public School, Patiala and Bal Bharti School, Delhi for his secondary and higher education.

			He is imprisoned in ] along with his rival Congress leader ] against whom Majithia contested the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.<ref name="Prisoner">{{cite news \|title=How Navjot Sidhu, Prisoner Number 241383, Will Spend His Time In Jail \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/what-a-day-in-jail-will-look-like-for-navjot-singh-sidhu-2995341 \|access-date=20 May 2022 \|work=NDTV \|date=20 May 2022}}</ref>
	==Political career==
	He first won the ] elections from the ] constituency in 2007.<ref></ref> He won again from the same constituency in 2012 assembly elections.<ref name='a'/> Subsequently he was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet<ref></ref> He is now a minister of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Information & Public Relations and Non Conventional Energy.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Government of Punjab\|url=http://punjab.gov.in/council-of-ministers}}</ref>

			On 10 August 2022, the ] granted bail to Majithia.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Sandhu \|first=Jagpreet Singh \|date=10 August 2022 \|title=Punjab NDPS case: High Court grants bail to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-ndps-case-high-court-bail-bikram-singh-majithia-8081611/ \|work=The Indian Express \|access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
	===Go solar Mission Punjab===
	Punjab had been at the forefront of the green revolution, has now taken the lead in establishing a green power revolution in the country. Punjab has successfully taken its solar power generation from 9 MW in 2012 to 210 MW now and targeting to reach 541 MW by 2016. The Go Solar Punjab summit was organised with, top representatives of major solar power companies attending the event. Punjab also encourages farmers to establish mini solar plants on their own land, the state government has subsidised the installation of solar plants for fuelling the 1.25 lakh tube wells – which have just been given a go ahead by National Green Tribunal.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Punjab gets best state award in renewable energy\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/state-to-generate-2-000-mw-solar-power/110612.html\|accessdate=16 April 2016\|agency=Tribune News Service\|publisher=Ruchika M Khanna\|date=24 July 2015}}</ref>

			==Electoral performance ==
	===Solar park in Punjab===
			{{transcluded section\|source=Amritsar East Assembly constituency}}
	French Minister for Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene Royal and Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia have inaugurated a 21 MW solar park, which is set up in Punjab. The solar park has been set-up by a French Solar company, Solairedirect. The solar park, spread across 40 hectares, has a capacity of 21 MW and will generate 39 GWh per annum, or the consumption equivalent of 44,000 residents.<ref>{{cite web\|title=French solar park inaugurated in Punjab\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/french-solar-park-inaugurated-in-punjab-115020601596_1.html\|website=business-standard.com\|publisher=IANS\|accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref>
			{{#section:Amritsar East Assembly constituency\|Assembly Election 2022}}

			==See also==
	==Awards and Recognitions==
			* ]
	# Punjab received 'Best performing State award in Solar Energy' by Prime Minister of India Sh. Narendra Modi who presented this award to S. Bikram Singh Majithia, New & Renewable Energy Minister.
	# Punjab New and Renewable Energy Department has been conferred five awards for outstanding performance in the various fields of renewable energy power generation including
	* Award for highest capacity addition in grid connected solar rooftop power in the country during the financial year 2014-15.
	* Award for highest capacity addition of off-grid waste to energy plants.
	* Award for deployment of highest cumulative numbers of Solar Water Pumps.
	* Award for achieveing highest cumulative grid connected solar rooftop power capacity.
	* Award for achieving highest addition in grid connected solar power in the country.<ref>{{cite web\|title=French solar park inaugurated in Punjab\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/french-solar-park-inaugurated-in-punjab-115020601596_1.html\|website=business-standard.com\|publisher=IANS\|accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Punjab gets best state award in renewable energy\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/punjab-gets-best-state-award-in-renewable-energy/story-ayAsJTgCDvmC6aHuQITokN.html\|accessdate=16 April 2016\|agency=HT Media ltd\|publisher=HT Correspondent\|date=16 February 2016}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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Indian politician

Bikramjit Singh Majithia
Majithia at a rally in 2021

Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 2007–2022
Preceded by	Swinder Singh
Succeeded by	Ganieve Kaur Majithia
Constituency	Majitha
Minister for Information & Public Relations
Minister for Environment & Non- Conventional Energy
In office 2007 – 2017
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Capt. Amarinder Singh
Minister for Water Supply & Sanitation
In office 2007 – 2012
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Capt. Amarinder Singh
Succeeded by	Jagir Kaur
Minister for Science Technology
In office 2007 – 2012
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Rakesh Pandey
Succeeded by	Parkash Singh Badal
Minister for Revenue & Rehabilitation
In office 2012 – 2017
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Ajit Singh Kohar
Minister for NRI Affairs
In office 2012 – 2017
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Parkash Singh Badal

Personal details
Born	(1975-03-01) 1 March 1975 (age 49)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Shiromani Akali Dal
Spouse	Ganieve Kaur Majithia (m. 2009)
Children	2
Relatives	Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia (grandfather) Harsimrat Kaur Badal (sister) Majithia Sirdars
Residence	Patiala

Bikram Singh Majithia (born 1 March 1975) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Punjab Government. He won 2007 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency, and again won in 2012 and 2017. He belongs to Shiromani Akali Dal and is president of its Youth Wing, Youth Akali Dal.

Background and family

Majithia was born on 1 March 1975 to former Deputy Defence Minister Satyajit Singh Majithia and Sukhmanjus Kaur Majithia in Delhi. He was educated at the Lawrence School Sanawar. His grandfather Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia was a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force and his great-grandfather Sir Sundar Singh Majithia was Revenue Minister in the Punjab government. He is the younger brother of Bathinda MP, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and brother-in-law of former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal. Bikram married Ganieve Kaur in November 2009 and they have two sons.

Political career

He first won the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency in 2007. He won again from the same constituency in 2012 and 2017 assembly elections. Subsequently he was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet. He is ex minister of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Information & Public Relations and Non Conventional Energy.

In February 2022, Majithia surrendered before a Mohali court in the drug case registered against him in December 2021, and was remanded in judicial custody till 8 March. While his wife Ganieve contested from Majitha constituency in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election and won, Majithia instead contested from Amritsar East, and lost.

He is imprisoned in Patiala Jail along with his rival Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu against whom Majithia contested the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.

On 10 August 2022, the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to Majithia.

Electoral performance

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Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Amritsar East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jeevan Jyot Kaur	39,679	36.74	21.98
	INC	Navjot Singh Sidhu	32,929	30.49	30.19
	SAD	Bikram Singh Majithia	25,188	23.32	New
	BJP	Jagmohan Singh Raju	7,286	6.75	10.98
	NOTA	None of the above	690	0.64
Majority			6,750	6.25
Turnout			1,08,003	64.17	0.77
Registered electors			168,300
	AAP gain from INC		Swing	19.3

References

^ "Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012]". electionaffairs.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
"Organisation Structure Akali Dal". shiromaniakalidal.org.in. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
"Youth Akali Dal Website". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ "BIKRAM SINGH MAJITHIA". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.
Walia, Neha (26 November 2009). "The big fat Punjabi wedding The word 'grandeur' just got a new meaning at Bikramjit Singh Majithia's wedding bash". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Bikram Singh Majithia (SAD): Constituency- Majitha (Amritsar) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
Pandher, Sarabjit (14 March 2012). "BJP loses one berth in new Badal Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
"Council of Ministers – Government of Punjab, India". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
"Drugs case: Bikram Majithia surrenders in court, remanded in judicial custody till March 8". The Indian Express. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Vasudeva, Ravinder (25 February 2022). "Drug case: Bikram Singh Majithia remanded in judicial custody". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Majitha Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Ganieve Kaur Majithia of SAD Wins". News18. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Akali Leader Bikram Singh Majithia Loses Amritsar East: Five Things About The Leader". NDTV. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"How Navjot Sidhu, Prisoner Number 241383, Will Spend His Time In Jail". NDTV. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
Sandhu, Jagpreet Singh (10 August 2022). "Punjab NDPS case: High Court grants bail to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
"Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
"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.
"Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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