Manpreet Singh Badal | |
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Minister for Finance & Planning Government of Punjab | |
In office 16 March 2017 – 10 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Charanjit Singh Channi Amarinder Singh |
In office 2007–2010 | |
Chief Minister | Parkash Singh Badal |
Deputy Chief Minister | Sukhbir Singh Badal |
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 11 March 2017 – 10 March 2022 | |
Speaker | Rana K.P. Singh |
Deputy Speaker | Ajaib Singh Bhatti |
Constituency | Bathinda Urban |
In office 1995–2012 | |
Constituency | Gidderbaha |
Personal details | |
Born | Badal, Punjab, India | 26 July 1962
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2023-present) |
Other political affiliations |
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Spouse | Vinu Badal[1] |
Children | 2 |
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Relatives | Badal family |
Manpreet Singh Badal (born 26 July 1962) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the former Finance Minister of Punjab. He resigned from Indian National Congress on 18 January 2023 and joined the BJP the same day.
He has been member of Punjab Legislative Assembly five times (1995, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2017), and has been finance minister twice. His first stint as Finance Minister was in the government led by Parkash Singh Badal from 2007 to 2010.[2][3] This was his second stint as Finance Minister. He has presented the Punjab budget a record nine times — the maximum for any minister in Punjab.