Raj Kumar Chabbewal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Raj Kumar Chabbewal

• Raj Kumar grew up in a financially struggling family in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Their financial issues were so severe that there were times when it was hard to afford food.

• Raj won the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections on a ticket from the INC by defeating the Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Sohan Singh Thandal by a margin of 29,261 votes; he represented the Chabbewal (SC) constituency.

• He contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Hoshiarpur but lost the seat to Som Parkash, a BJP candidate.

  

• He defeated the AAP candidate Harminder Singh Gill with a margin of 7646 votes in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, which he contested from the Chabbewal (SC) constituency.

• On 15 March 2024, Raj resigned from the Indian National Congress due to “indiscipline” within the party. He also resigned from the Punjab Legislative Assembly. On the same day, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of CM Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh.
  

  

  

• Raj Kumar won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Hoshiarpur (SC) constituency on a ticket from AAP. He defeated Yamini Gomar, an INC candidate, by a margin of 44,111 votes.