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Who is Bikram Majithia?

Bikram Singh Majithia is a former cabinet minister in the Punjab government. He belongs to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and is the president of its Youth Wing, Youth Akali Dal. He won the 2007 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from the Majitha constituency and again won in 2012 and 2017.
 
He is the former minister of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Information & Public Relations, and Non-Conventional Energy.
 
Bikram Majithia's background
 
Born in 1976 to a Jat Sikh family, Majithia was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. His father Sardar Satyajit Singh Majithia is a former Deputy Defence Minister. His grandfather Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia was a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force and his great-grandfather Sir Sundar Singh Majithia was Revenue Minister in the Punjab government.
 
He comes from a wealthy political-business family that has wide-ranging interests in alcohol distillation, sugar production, power generation, and aviation, among other things.
 
Majithia is the brother-in-law of Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
 
Controversy
 
In December 2021, Majithia was accused of some of the offences under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).
 
The cases against Majithia are based on allegations levelled against him in a special task force (STF) report prepared in 2018 by Harpreet Sidhu, a top police official.
 
Majithia has been accused of providing his cars and security men to Canada-based Punjabi drug dealers, in addition to letting them stay at his residence in Amritsar. He is further accused of facilitating the sale of pseudoephedrine (used in making drugs) between these drug dealers and settling disputes between them.
 
Responding to the highly sensitive action, SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal termed the registration of the case as the worst example of political vendetta.
 
Majithia’s lawyers have argued in court that the case against him has been brought by the Congress to “wreak vengeance in the run-up to the upcoming Assembly polls”.
 

Latest Updates on Bikram Majithia

CBI raids: Skeletons in AAP cupboard in Punjab as well, says SAD's Majithia

Skeletons are likely to tumble out of cupboards as the flawed monopolistic Delhi excise policy was implemented in Punjab also, he told reporters at Baba Bakala, without elaborating.

Updated On: 19 Aug 2022 | 8:57 PM IST

Punjab polls: Navjot Sidhu, Majithia trailing in Amritsar East seat

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia were trailing from Amritsar East seat, according to initial poll trends

Updated On: 10 Mar 2022 | 12:18 PM IST

Drug case: Mohali court rejects SAD leader Bikram Majithia's bail plea

The apex court had recently directed the Punjab Police not to arrest the former Punjab minister till February 23 so that he could undertake electioneering in the state

Updated On: 25 Feb 2022 | 8:01 PM IST

Stakes high for Sidhu, Bikram Majithia in Amritsar East constituency

After the Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal fielded his brother-in-law and former minister Majithia against the former-cricketer, the constituency is being keenly watched

Updated On: 04 Feb 2022 | 4:47 PM IST

Drugs case: SC asks Punjab police to not arrest SAD's Majithia till Feb 23

The Supreme Court on Monday directed Punjab Police to not arrest SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia till February 23 in a drugs case so he can undertake electioneering in the state

Updated On: 31 Jan 2022 | 1:40 PM IST

Sidhu files nomination from Amritsar East; dares Amarinder, Bikram Majithia

About former CM Amarinder Singh's comment that he would not let Sidhu win, the Punjab Congress president dared him to leave Patiala and contest from Amritsar East

Updated On: 29 Jan 2022 | 6:20 PM IST

SC grants protection from arrest to SAD's Bikram Singh Majithia till Jan 31

The Supreme Court asked the Punjab government not to take any coercive action against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader till January 31 after he approached the top court for anticipatory bail.

Updated On: 27 Jan 2022 | 2:50 PM IST