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Mohinder Singh Kaypee

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Mohinder Singh Kaypee, is an Indian politician and member of Shiromani Akali Dal.[1] Before, he was politically affiliated with the Indian National Congress. He is a Shiromani Akali Dal Candidate for Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency for the 2024 Indian general election.[2]

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Early life

Mohinder Singh Kaypee was born into a Ravidassia[3] family to Darshan Singh Kaypee and Karan Kaur.[4]

Kaypee completed B.A L.L.B from Panjab University, Chandigarh and he is one of the prominent Dalit leaders in the Doaba region. He remained minister in the 1992 and 1995 Congress governments and was elected MP for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat in 2009 and unsuccessfully fought for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency in 2014.Kaypee has been elected as a Punjab State legislator three times—in 1985, 1992, and 2002—from the Jalandhar South assembly seat.Kaypee has a rich political legacy, and he is a second-generation politician. His father, Darshan Singh Kaypee, was a five-time MLA from Jalandhar who was killed by the militants in 1992.Mohinder Singh Kaypee's daughter is married to the nephew of senior Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi, who is the party's candidate from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat as well.[5]  

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