PM Modi extends birthday wishes to Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on his 76th birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended his profound wishes to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on his 76th birthday. Captain Amarinder Singh, who is MLA from Patiala, is serving as 15th and current Chief Minister of Punjab. Earlier, he has served as Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002-2007.

Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Modi greeted Chief Minister and wished him a long and healthy life.

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Rajanth Singh extends birthday greetings

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also extended birthday greetings to Chief Minister. Taking to Twitter, defence minister extended his best wishes for long and healthy life of Amarinder Singh.

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Capt. Amarinder Singh's political career

Captain Amarinder Singh is head of royal family of erstwhile State of Patiala. He was inducted into Congress by Rajiv Gandhi. In 1984, he resigned from Parliament and from Congress as a protest against Army action during Operation Blue Star and subsequently, he joined Shiromani Akali Dal. He was n elected to state legislature from Talwandi Sabo and became a minister in state government for Agriculture, Forest, Development and Panchayats. In 1992 he broke away from Akali Dal and formed Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic),  which later merged with Congress in 1998 after Sonia Gandhi took over reign of party.

Capt Amarinder has also served as President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee on two occasions from 1999 to 2002 and 2010 to 2013. He was appointed as chairman of Punjab Congress Campaign Committee in 2008. Chief Minster is also a Permanent Invitee to Congress Working Committee since 2013. He defeated senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley by a margin of more than 1,02,000 votes in 2014 general elections. He has been a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha for five terms representing Patiala (Urban) thrice, Samana and Talwandi Sabo once each.

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