7-479: Lok Insaaf Party was founded in 2016 by Simarjit Singh Bains . It contested 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election on five seats in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party . LIP contested 2017 Punjab assembly election on five seats. It formed coalition with Aam Aadmi Party . Party able to get only two seats out of five. It got 26.46% votes in five seats but 1.22% overall votes. Simarjit Singh Bains won Atam Nagar Assembly Constituency and Balwinder Singh Bains won
14-629: A group of men lifted the toll barrier at the Ladhowal Toll Plaza, allowing people to drive through the toll without paying. In December 2018, Lok Insaaf Party along with Punjab Ekta Party , Bahujan Samaj Party and Punjab Front formed the Punjab Democratic Alliance , which contested the 2019 Indian general election in Punjab on all 13 Lok Sabha seats. In September 2019, Bains was booked for intimidation and use of profanities against
21-524: The 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election . Bains also contested as an independent candidate from Ludhiana in 2014 general elections and gathered 2,10,917 votes. They left the AAP alliance in March 2018 following AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal issuing a public apology to Bikram Singh Majithia , having earlier accused him of being the kingpin of the illegal drug trade in Punjab. In December 2016, Bains and
28-580: The Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency . In the 2019 Indian general election , the party contested on three Lok Sabha seats in Punjab as a member of Punjab Democratic Alliance ; however, the party never won any seat. These were: Simarjit Singh Bains Simarjeet Singh Bains is an Indian politician a former member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly . A rape case was registered against him in 2021 and Bains
35-526: The Deputy Commissioner of Gurdaspur district. Various video clips that depict the choice of language adopted by Bains reveal the indecency in his behavior while dealing with respected government officials. In April 2020, a Nihang Sikh chopped off the hand of a police officer on duty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bains' initial reaction of supporting the perpetrator's actions caused disapproval not just in
42-413: The ranks of Punjab Police but among general public as well. Amidst the discouraging and unthoughtful remarks of Bains, his security was temporarily withdrawn to make him a bit more empathetic towards police personnel - who were tolling day in and day out to keep the public safe while putting their own lives at risk during COVID pandemic. Bains' brother Balwinder Singh Bains was an Independent member of
49-578: Was in jail for about 6 months before bail was granted to him. Between 2012 and 2022, Bains represented the Atam Nagar Assembly constituency of Punjab. Simarjeet Bains started his career as an independent member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly . Along with his brother, Balwinder Singh Bains , he established the Lok Insaaf Party and made an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for
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