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Sunil Kumar Jakhar: Indian politician
Sunil Kumar Jakhar is an Indian politician and president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab unit since 4th July 2023. Jakhar, hailing from an established political family, is noted politically for his clean image and bluntness. Elected consecutively three times from Abohar Assembly constituency (2002-2017), he was the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2012 to 2015. Jakhar was a Member of Parliament from the Gurdaspur constituency from 2017 to 2019.

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