Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer is a two time member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Barnala constituency. He is a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Punjab. He first won the Legislative Assembly elections from the Aam Aadmi Party in 2017 by defeating the Indian National Congress's candidate Kewal Singh Dhillon.[1] In the 2022 Legislative Assembly elections, he again won the Barnala constituency by a huge margin by securing almost 50% of the votes polled. He holds five important portfolios in the Mann ministry, wherein he is the Minister of the Departments of Higher Education & Languages, Governance Reforms, Sports & Youth Services , Science Technology & Environment and Printing & Stationery.[2][3] He is also the incharge of the Youth Wing of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab.[4]
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | |
|---|---|
| Governance Reforms, Water Resources , Mines & Geology, Science, Technology and Environment, Sports & Youth Services , Government of Punjab | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Cabinet | Mann ministry |
| Chief Minister | Bhagwant Mann |
| Constituency | Barnala |
| Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Kewal Singh Dhillon |
| Constituency | Barnala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1989 Barnala, Punjab, India |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
His fields of interest are Sports, Environment & Climate Change and he is a wildlife lover who roots for the cause of Animal Welfare.
Member of the Legislative Assembly edit
First Term edit
Hayer was first elected as an MLA in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. He represented the Barnala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
- Chairman (2021–22) Committee on Estimates[5][6]
Second Term edit
Hayer was re-elected as the MLA from Barnala Assembly constituency in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election with getting almost 50% of the votes polled giving him a comprehensive win over his nearest rival. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[7] Hayer took oath as a Cabinet Minister along with nine other MLAs on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.[8][9]
As a cabinet minister in the Mann ministry, Hayer was initially given the charge of three departments of the Punjab Government:[10]
- Department of School Education (March - July 2022)
- Department of Sports and Youth Services
- Department of Higher Education and Languages
On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of his cabinet of ministers with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government. Hayer has now been given the charge of following departments.[11]
- Governance Reforms
- Printing & Stationery
- Science Technology & Environment
- Sports and Youth Services
- Higher Education and Languages
On 7 January 2023, during the cabinet reshuffle,his portfolios were changed and he has now been given the charge of following departments.
- Governance Reforms
- Water Resources
- Mines & Geology
- Science Technology & Environment
- Sports and Youth Services
Electoral Performance edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Meet Hayer | 47,606 | 35.49 | ||
| INC | Kewal Singh Dhillon | 45,174 | 33.67 | ||
| SAD | Surinder Pal Singh Sibia | 31,111 | 23.19 | ||
| SAD(A) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 5,061 | 3.77 | ||
| BSP | Paramjit Kaur | 2,369 | 1.77 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 889 | 0.66 | ||
| Registered electors | 171,962 | [13] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Meet Hayer | 64,800 | 49.27 | ||
| SAD | Kulwant Singh Keetu | 27,178 | 20.66 | ||
| INC | Manish Bansal[14] | 16,853 | 12.81 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 855 | 0.65 | ||
| Majority | 37,622 | 28.61 | |||
| Turnout | 131,532 | 71.81 | |||
| Registered electors | 182,502 | [15] | |||
| AAP hold | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Kewal Dhillon defeated - AAP candidate Meet Hayer wins Barnala Assembly Poll". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "The playing 11: CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet ministers". The Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Mann keeps Home, 26 others, gives Finance to Cheema; Mines to Bains". 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Akalis defaming farmers: AAP". Tribuneindia News Service. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22". punjabnewsexpress.com. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 – TheFactNews". 29 April 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Ten Punjab ministers to take oath on Saturday". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "25,000 Government Jobs For Punjab: New Chief Minister's 1st Decision". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power". Tribuneindia News Service. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Punjab Cabinet expansion: Anmol Gagan gets tourism; Indervir Nijjar local bodies, Chetan Singh health". Tribune India News Service. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "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.