Ravneet Singh Bittu

For the Indian Navy admiral, see Ravneet Singh (vice admiral).

Ravneet Singh Bittu is an Indian politician from Punjab. He is currently serving as the Minister of State for Railways and as the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Third Modi ministry. He is currently serving as an MP of Rajya Sabha representing Rajasthan since 2025 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Ludhiana in 2014, 2019 Indian general election and 2024 and earlier from Anandpur Sahib in 2009.^[3] He is the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.^[4][5] He previously served as the leader of Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha from 11 March 2021 to 18 July 2021.^[1][2][6]

Ravneet Singh Bittu
Minister of State for Railways Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Ashwini Vaishnaw (Minister of Railways) Chirag Paswan (Minister of FPI)
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 2024
Preceded by	K. C. Venugopal
Constituency	Rajasthan
Leader of Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha
In office 11 March 2021 – 18 July 2021[1][2]
Speaker	Om Birla
Preceded by	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Manish Tewari
Succeeded by	Amrinder Singh
Constituency	Ludhiana
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	New Constituency
Succeeded by	Prem Singh Chandumajra
Constituency	Anandpur Sahib
Personal details
Born	(1975-09-10) 10 September 1975 (age 50) Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2024)
Spouse	Anupama Jhajj
Occupation	Agriculturist
As of 17 December, 2016 Source:

In January 2021, he was assaulted at the Singhu border during a Jan Sansad program.^[7][8] He was appointed the party whip in Lok Sabha.^[9] In March 2021, he was briefly appointed the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha when the existing Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was busy in the 2021 West Bengal election campaigns.^[10] In 2023, he received a bomb threat via a WhatsApp call.^[11] On March 24, 2024, he joined the Bharatiya Janta Party.^[12][13]

Election results

Lok Sabha

Year	Constituency	Party		Votes	%	Opponent	Opponent Party		Opponent Votes	%	Result	Margin	%
2024	Ludhiana		BJP	301,282	28.5	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring		INC	322,224	30.42	Lost	-20,942	-1.92
2019			INC	383,795	36.66	Simarjit Singh Bains		LIP	307,423	29.36	Won	76,372	7.3
2014				300,459	27.27	Harvinder Singh Phoolka		AAP	260,750	25.48	Won	39,709	1.79
2009	Anandpur Sahib			404,836	44.73	Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema		SAD	337,632	37.3	Won	67,204	7.43

Punjab Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Party		Votes	%	Opponent	Opponent Party		Opponent Votes	%	Result	Margin	%
2017	Jalalabad		INC	31,539	18.78	Sukhbir Singh Badal		SAD	75,110	44.82	Lost	-43,571	-26.04

Timeline of Positions and Committees

Timeline of Positions and Committees

2009 - 2014 Position: Member Committee: Standing Committee on Home Affairs 1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Position: Member Committees: Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Consultative Committee, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society 1 May 2017 - 25 May 2019 Position: Member Committee: Committee on Public Undertakings 24 July 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Member Committee: Committee on Public Undertakings 13 Sep. 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Member Committee: Standing Committee on Home Affairs 9 Oct. 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Chairperson Committee: Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House 21 Nov 2019 - 4 June 2024 Position: Member Committees: General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha Consultative Committee, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

See also

• Third Modi ministry