Ravneet Singh Bittu | |
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| Minister of State for Railways Minister of State for Food Processing Industries | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Ashwini Vaishnaw (Minister of Railways) Chirag Paswan (Minister of FPI) |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 27 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | K. C. Venugopal |
| Constituency | Rajasthan |
| Leader of Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha | |
| In office 11 March 2021 – 18 July 2021[1][2] | |
| Speaker | Om Birla |
| Preceded by | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Manish Tewari |
| Succeeded by | Amrinder Singh |
| Constituency | Ludhiana |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | New Constituency |
| Succeeded by | Prem Singh Chandumajra |
| Constituency | Anandpur Sahib |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-09-10)10 September 1975 (age 50) |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2024) |
| Spouse | Anupama Jhajj |
| Occupation | Agriculturist |
As of 17 December, 2016 Source:[1] | |
Ravneet Singh Bittu is an Indian politician fromPunjab. He is currently serving as theMinister of State for Railways and as theMinister of State for Food Processing Industries in theThird Modi ministry. He is currently serving as an MP of Rajya Sabha representing Rajasthan since August 2024 as a member of theBharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to theLok Sabha, the lower house of theParliament of India fromLudhiana in2014 and2019 Indian general election and earlier fromAnandpur Sahib in2009.[3] He is the grandson of formerPunjab Chief MinisterBeant Singh.[4][5] He previously served as the leader ofIndian National Congress inLok Sabha from 11 March 2021 to 18 July 2021.[1][2][6]
In January 2021, he was assaulted at the Singhu border during a Jan Sansad program.[7][8] He was appointed the party whip in Lok Sabha.[9] In March 2021, he was briefly appointed theleader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha when the existing Congress Lok Sabha leaderAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury was busy in the2021 West Bengal election campaigns.[10] In 2023, he received a bomb threat via aWhatsApp call.[11] On March 24, 2024, he joined theBharatiya Janta Party.[12][13]
| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Opponent Party | Opponent Votes | % | Result | Margin | % | ||
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| 2024 | Ludhiana | BJP | 301,282 | 28.5 | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | INC | 322,224 | 30.42 | Lost | -20,942 | -1.92 | ||
| 2019 | INC | 383,795 | 36.66 | Simarjit Singh Bains | LIP | 307,423 | 29.36 | Won | 76,372 | 7.3 | |||
| 2014 | 300,459 | 27.27 | Harvinder Singh Phoolka | AAP | 260,750 | 25.48 | Won | 39,709 | 1.79 | ||||
| 2009 | Anandpur Sahib | 404,836 | 44.73 | Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema | SAD | 337,632 | 37.3 | Won | 67,204 | 7.43 | |||
| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Opponent Party | Opponent Votes | % | Result | Margin | % | ||
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| 2017 | Jalalabad | INC | 31,539 | 18.78 | Sukhbir Singh Badal | SAD | 75,110 | 44.82 | Lost | -43,571 | -26.04 | ||
Timeline of Positions and Committees |
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| Preceded by Constituency did not exist | Member of Parliament forAnandpur Sahib 2009 – 2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forLudhiana 2014 – 2024 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Leader of theIndian National Congress in theLok Sabha 11 March 2021 – 18 July 2021 | Succeeded by |
