Background
Sardar Atwal was born to a Mazhabi Sikh family in Montgomery, Punjab Province, British India (Punjab in Pakistan after partition in 1947).
politician member of the Lok Sabha
Sardar Atwal was born to a Mazhabi Sikh family in Montgomery, Punjab Province, British India (Punjab in Pakistan after partition in 1947).
He has served as Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2012. He previously served as Speaker from 1997 to 2002. Sardar Atwal"s family, like many Punjabis migrated to Indian Punjab as refugees when they found themselves living on the wrong side of the border.
He was then Speaker of the Punjab Assembly from 1997 to 2002.
He has been in the field of politics since 1957 and was elected to the Punjab State Assembly in 1977. He is considered among the top hierarchy of the Shiromani Akali Dal.
From 1997 to 2000 he was Chairman of the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes. He was jailed during the 1975-1977 emergency.
He has served as Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly for a second time since 2012.
He represented the Phillaur constituency of Punjab in the 14th Lok Sabha and is a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) political party.
Sardar Charanjit Singh Atwal was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989. He is a respected member of the Indian Parliament for 20 years and has over 40 years of service in politics.
