Career
He lived in the village of Jairamkot near Ajnala after the partition of India in 1947. He held the position of chairman of the market committee in Ajnala for 21 years. He is now retired from active politics.
Another son, Kuldip Raj Sareen, has held many positions in the organizational structure of the Indian National Congress in the region.
In 1954 he was elected as the Sarpanch (head) of the Gram Panchayat of Ajnala. He was in charge of the elections fought by South. Harcharan Singh Ajnala, the Modern Language Association from Ajnala at the time.
Harcharan relied on Lal for all the rural votes as he was able to rally the masses in the rural areas in Ajnala. He remained part of the Congress.
In 1991, when Ajnala was made a notified area, he was nominated as the President of the Notified Area committee.
Around the same time he was nominated as the vice-President of the District Congress Committee Amritsar (Rural). In 1996 Jagiri Lal was made the President of the Block Congress Committee, Ajnala.
