Sheetal Angural

Sheetal Angural
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 2022–2024
Preceded by	Sushil Kumar Rinku
Constituency	Jalandhar West
Majority	Aam Aadmi Party
Personal details
Born	Sheetal Jalandhar
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (till 2021; 2024-present)
Other political affiliations	Aam Aadmi Party (2021-2024)
Residence(s)	Basti Danishmanda, Jalandhar, Punjab
Education	Matric
Occupation	Businessman

Sheetal Angural is an Indian politician representing the Jalandhar West Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and now he is a former MLA. He was a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[1] He joined Bharatiya Janta Party in 27 March 2024, before the 2024 Indian General Election .[2]

Career

2022 Punjab assembly elections

Sheetal Angural won 2022 Punjab assembly elections from Jalandhar West constituency by defeating Sushil Rinku of Indian National Congress by 4253 votes.[3]

Joining BJP

Sheetal Angural joined the Bharatiya Janta Party on 27 March 2024.[4]

After joining BJP, he fought the Jallandhar by-election in 2024 and felt cheated by BJP, when he was defeated by Mohinder Bhagat his own ex-fellow from AAP, when the later won the by-election by 55k:17k votes. Sheetal is left nowwhere but in the middle of a deserted ocean after the election results.

Member of Legislative Assembly

He represented the Jalandhar West Assembly constituency as MLA in Punjab Assembly till the 2024 by-elections.

Committee assignments of Punjab Legislative Assembly

• Member (2022–23) Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes[5]
• Member (2022–23) Committee on Government Assurances[6]

Electoral performance

2024 by-election

Punjab Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Jalandhar West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Mohinder Pal Bhagat	55,246	58.39	24.66
	BJP	Sheetal Angural	17,921	18.94	9.87
	INC	Surinder Kaur	16,757	17.71	12.36
	SAD	Surjit Kaur	1,242	1.31	New
	BSP	Binder Kumar	734	0.78	2.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	687	0.73	0.06
	SAD(A)	Sarabjit Singh Khalsa	662	0.7	0.76
Majority			37,325	39.45	35.75
Turnout			94,609	54.98	12.72
	AAP hold		Swing

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Jalandhar West[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Sheetal Angural	39,213	33.73	19.69
	INC	Sushil Kumar Rinku	34,960	30.07	19.26
	BJP	Mohinder Pal Bhagat	33,486	28.81	4.68
	BSP	Anil Meena	4,125	3.55
	SAD(A)	Jasbir Singh Mann	1,701	1.46
	NOTA	None of the above	921	0.79
Majority			4,253	3.7
Turnout			1,16,247	67.70
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

Resignation Accepted

Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has accepted his resignation on May 30 and a notification was issued on May 31, 2024. Further, now this seat is filled by the by-election won by Mohinder Bhagat from Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Maan. [8]

References

1. "Punjab Assembly Election 2022 Full Winners List". Financial Express. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
2. "Double setback for AAP in Punjab: MP Sushil Kumar, MLA Sheetal Angural to join BJP".
3. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
4. "Double setback for AAP in Punjab: MP Sushil Kumar, MLA Sheetal Angural to join BJP".
5. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
6. "vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
7. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
8. "Punjab Assembly Speaker accepts AAP turncoat Sheetal Angural's resignation".

State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by -	Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar West Assembly constituency 2022 –	Incumbent