Satnam Singh Kainth

Satnam Singh Kainth, was an Indian politician and founder of BSP (Kainth).

Satnam Singh Kainth
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1998-1999
Preceded by	Harbhajan Lakha
Succeeded by	Santosh Chowdhary
Constituency	Phillaur Punjab
Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly
In office 25 February 1992 - 12 February 1997
Preceded by	Gurbinder Kaur Brar
Succeeded by	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Personal details
Born	(1961-04-21)21 April 1961 Village Sotran, Tehsil Banga, District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar Punjab
Died	14 January 2018(2018-01-14) (aged 56) Mohali, Punjab.
Political party	Bahujan Samaj Party (till 1998) Bahujan Samaj Morcha (1998-2007) Indian National Congress (from 2007- till death )
Children	2

Early life

He was born into Chamar caste to Chanan Ram at Sotran, Nawanshahr (Punjab). He did B.A. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

Politics

He became MLA from Banga Assembly Constituency of Bahujan Samaj Party as well as the Leader of Opposition from 1992-97.

He formed his own faction of Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab.

In 1998, he became Member of Parliament from Phillaur constituency in Punjab and served till mid 1999.

He again contested the Punjab Assembly elections from Adampur constituency in 2012 and in 2017 from Banga constituency but lost subsequently.^[1][2][3][4]

He was Vice-President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and later died of brain hemorrhage on 14 January 2018.^[5]

See also

• Ravidassia
• Kanshi Ram
• Mayawati
• Bahujan Samaj Party