Jagdeep Kamboj

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Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy is an Indian politician who came into the limelight when he won the Jalalabad Assembly seat as an AAP candidate in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections defeating the three-time legislator from the constituency Sukhbir Singh Badal by over 30,000 votes.Growing up in Jalalabad, Kamboj first got interested in politics after watching his father, Surinder Singh Kamboj, who has contested the Jalalabad seat twice.After completing his Bachelor of Legislative Law in 2010, Kamboj pursued the profession of lawyer for a while. Simultaneously, the advocate also worked as a farmer.In 2007, Surinder Singh Kamboj, along with his partner in crime and head constable Ajaib Singh, was nabbed and arrested in Sector 24 Chandigarh on the charges of flesh trade racket following a tip-off. Inspector Vijay Kumar, the incharge of the operation cell, also revealed that Surinder Kamboj was involved in numerous cases of forgery, robbery, carrying smack and opium in Punjab, [8]Chandigarh Tribune rape, and duping a petrol pump. [9]The Times of India Ironically, the son of a drug trafficker Jagdeep Kamboj emphasised on a drug-free Punjab in his political campaigns. Jagdeep Kamboj Goldys father being arrested after being charged with flesh trade in 2007.Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy began his political journey via Indian Youth Congress (IYC). Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy with the chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress Rahul Gandhi.In 2015, he became the general secretary of the Punjab Youth Congress. Apart from that, he has also served as the incharge of the Jammu & Kashmir Youth Congress and Haryana Youth Congress. Later, he became the general secretary of the All-India Youth Congress.In 2017, he became the president of Truck Union, Jalalabad.Kamboj wanted to contest the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections from the Jalalabad Assembly Constituency on a ticket from the Indian National Congress, but the party had declared Ravneet Singh Bittu as its candidate at that time. Meanwhile, AAP fielded Bhagwant Mann in the Jalalabad Assembly Constituency. Both, Mann and Bittu, lost the polls to Punjab Deputy CM and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal.During the 2018 by-election in the Shahkot Assembly Constituency, which was necessitated when Akali Dal MLA Ajit Singh Kohar passed away, Kamboj vigorously campaigned for Congress in the region. Jagdeep Kamboj, along with Navjot Singh Sidhu campaigning for Congress in Shahkot Assembly Constituency in 2018.As a member of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), Jagdeep Kamboj actively took part in numerous protests. In 2018, he participated in the protests held in Delhi against the rising prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas, demanding the Modi government to roll back the hike. Jagdeep Kamboj protesting against the Modi government for hiked petrol prices in 2018.