Mantar Singh Brar
Mantar Singh Brar is an Indian politician and former Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the Punjab Government. He won 1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections from the Kotkapura constituency, and again won in 2002 and 2012. He is the son of Jaswinder Singh Brar, former Minister of Cooperation and former Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Government.
Personal life
Brar was born in 1964, to father Jaswinder Singh Brar and mother Manjit Kaur. He did his B.A. from Brijindra College, Faridkot. He went on to do M.A. in History from Punjabi University, Patiala. He is married to Amanjit Kaur who is a teacher by profession. He has one son and one daughter. His brother Kultar Singh Brar was elected as chairman of Zila Parishad, Faridkot in 2013.Political career
Brar was first elected to [1997 1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly] in 1997 as an independent candidate. Brar won this election by a margin of 16,000 votes.He was re-elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly in the year 2002 defeating Vibha Sharma.
He was appointed district president of the Shiromani Akali Dal for Faridkot in 2008 by newly elected party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, a position he has held to this day.
In 2012, he was again elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly, defeating Ripjit Singh Brar of INC. Shiromani Akali Dal formed the government and he was made the Chief Parliamentary Secretary for rural development and panchayats.
In December 2022, Brar was appointed as the senior vice-president of Shiromani Akali Dal.