Ajitpal Singh Kohli is an Indian politician, known for being a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and won the 2022 State Legislative Assembly elections from the Patiala Assembly seat in Punjab on March 10, 2022.
Wiki/Biography
Ajitpal Singh Kohli was born on Friday, July 7, 1978, in Patiala, Punjab (age 43; as of 2021). His zodiac sign is Cancer. He studied at Yadavindra Public School in Patiala. He pursued his master’s degree in political science from Punjab University, Patiala. He also studied at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, where he pursued an MA in English in 2010.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Ajit Pal’s father is Surjeet Singh Kohli, a former senior vice president of the Akali Dal. His brother’s name is Gurjit Singh.
His grandfather’s name was Sardara Singh Kohli, an MLA from SAD.
wife and children
He is married to Simrat Kaur and has two sons: Aryaman Kohli and Aamer Ajit Singh Kohli.
Political career
Ajitpal Singh Kohli started his political career by joining the Shiromani Akali Dal as his family had a history of working with the Dal. His father was the senior vice president of the Akali Dal in 1997 and his grandfather Sardara Singh Kohli was the MLA of the SAD. Ajit Pal served as the mayor of Patiala from 2007 to 2012. In January 2022, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and won the Punjab Patiala Assembly seat in the 2022 state legislative assembly elections on March 10, 2022. The committee report said Kohli got 48,104 votes, Amarinder got 28,231 votes, SAD’s Harpal Juneja got 11,835 votes and Congress’s Vishnu Sharma got only 9,871 votes.
assets/property
movable property
- Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs. 2,05,16,378
- Corporate bonds, debentures and shares: Rs. 18,70,000
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 57,27,085
- Personal Loan/Advance: Rs. 7,49,976
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 1,49,63,000
- Value of other assets such as claims/interest: Rs. 4,56,69,776
Total Value: Rs. 8,73,30,721
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs. 30,00,000
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 4,55,00,000
- Commercial Buildings: Rs. 17,30,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs. 2,00,00,000
Total real estate: Rs. 23,65,00,000
Liabilities
- Bank/Financial Institution Loans: Rs. 49,19,244
- Personal/Entity Loans: Rs. 4,21,181
- Any other liability: Rs. 1,95,140
Total Liabilities: Rs. 42,61,603
net worth
As of 2022, his net worth is Rs. 319,569,118.
Facts/Trivia
- His name is also spelled as Ajit Pal Singh Kohli.
- Ajit Pal follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- Ajit Pal reportedly cycled from his home to Patiala in 2012 to file his nomination in the 2012 assembly elections.
- In 2019, Ajit Pal asked the Patiala deputy commissioner to take action against the illegal site built outside the government Rajendra Hospital in Patiala. In an interview, he spoke about this and said:
The center was illegally allotted to the husband of an MP at the behest of some influential persons in the Patiala Municipal Corporation (MC). Even, the Public Works Department (PWD) is working closely with the MP on the matter. “
- In 2020, he became the founder of the Youth Progressive Sikh Forum, which aims to help and empower the underprivileged. During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, he was actively involved in the Rotary Club which helped the Patiala community.
- During the voting process in February 2022, he said that the security system was weak, there was no three-level security system, and the local police held security charges. He said in an interview,
The lighting arrangement inside and outside the vault was poor, and there were no CCTV cameras installed at the site. “
- He is a passionate animal lover and often posts photos of animals on social media.
- He appears frequently in various newspapers.
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