Background
Kanwaljit Singh was born to Dara Singh in Nabha.
Kanwaljit Singh was born to Dara Singh in Nabha.
He was injured in a road accident near Kharar on 29 March 2009 and died at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Chandigarh on the same day. He was one of the senior-most Akali leaders in the Parkash Singh Badal-led government, his first stint being as State Home Minister in the then Surjit Singh Barnala Ministry in the 1980s. At the time of his death, he was in charge of the Cooperation, Defence Service Welfare, Removal of Grievances, Pensions & Welfare of Pensioners Wing of the Finance Department.
Cabinet minister (Cooperation, Defence Service Welfare, Removal of Grievances, Pensions & Welfare of Pensioners Wing of the Finance Department)
Minister for Finance and Planning
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Vice-Chairman, Punjab State Planning Board
Chairman, Empowered Committee to facilitate growth of social and economic infrastructure
Member, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers
Vice-Chairman, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board
Bunny also resigned as chairman of the Punjab Cooperative Bank, a post which he got by virtue of his father being the cooperation minister, despite losing the 2007 Assembly election from Kharar.
lieutenant was speculated that Sukhbir Singh Badal"s statement that, "there was no need to make any further adjustment for Bunny" was responsible for Bunny"s sudden outburst.
A former army captain (short service commission), Singh represented the Banur assembly segment in the Punjab assembly, and was elected a Member of Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association) three times.