Navtej Singh Cheema

Navtej Singh Cheema is an Indian politician and belongs to Indian National Congress. He was member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represented Sultanpur Lodhi.^[1][2]

Navtej Singh Cheema
MLA, Punjab
In office 2012 - 2022
Preceded by	Upinderjit Kaur
Succeeded by	Rana Inder Pratap Singh
Constituency	Sultanpur Lodhi
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence(s)	Bussowal, Kapurthala

Family

His father's name is Gurmail Singh Cheema (Former Minister of Punjab), His wife's name is Jaspal Kaur Cheema, he has two sons named, Jaskaran Singh Cheema and Gurnihal Singh Cheema .^[3]

Political career

Cheema was elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly from Sultanpur Lodhi in 2012 by beating Punjab Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur.^[1][4] Earlier in 2007, he had contested elections from Sultanpur Lodhi but lost to Upinderjit Kaur.^[5]

On 9 October 2015, Cheema along with party supporters blocked the Sultanpur Lodhi-Kapurthala road in protest at the filing of charges against Municipal Council president Vinod Kumar Gupta outside the Tehsil complex at Sultanpur Lodhi.^[6]