Background
Harinder Singh Khalsa was born in 1947, in Ludhiana, British India. His father Gopal Singh Khalsa was an Akali Dal politician, who served as the chief Parliament secretary of Punjab assembly in 1937, and was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1952, serving as the leader of opposition.
Career
In 2014, he joined the and was elected as an Member of Parliament from Fatehgarh Sahib. Harinder Singh obtained an Master of Arts (English) degree from the Government College, Ludhiana. The couple has three sons.
During his academic career (1964-1974), he edited two textbooks: A Manual of General English and Social Science.
In May 1974, he joined the Punjab Civil Service. In July 1974, he joined the Indian Foreign Service (Institute for Fiscal Studies) and worked as a Second Secretary in Jakarta.
Later, he served as a First Secretary in Bangkok and Norway. In June 1984, while posted in Norway, he resigned in protest against the Operation Blue Star.
As the Congress government filed some cases against him, he decided to stay in Norway, running a small eating joint and working as a postman in Norway.
He returned to India in 1990, after being assured that the cases against him would be dropped. During 1990-1991, he served as the Chairman of Punjab Human Rights Organization, an non-governmental organization that highlighted the excesses committed by the state government during the anti-insurgency operations. During 1991-1903, he served as a secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC).
Harinder Singh joined, and was elected as an Member of Parliament from Bhatinda in 1996, winning by a margin of 92,229 votes.
In 2014, Harinder Singh joined the, and contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Fatehgarh Sahib. On 29 August 2015, He was suspended from Alumni Admissions Program due to anti-party activities.
He has denied any involvement in any such activities.
Membership
He served as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) from Bathinda during 1996-1998 as a member of the He was a member of the third National Commission for South Carolina/System Technologies under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.