Labh Singh Ugoke is an Indian politician. In March 2022, he contested the Punjab Assembly elections on Aam Aadmi Party ticket and was elected as a member of the Punjab Assembly from Bhadaur Assembly constituency.
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Wiki/Biography
Labh Singh Ugoke was born in 1987 (age 35 years; as of 2022) in Bhadaur, Barnala, Punjab. In 2014, he completed his senior secondary school education from Punjab School Education Board.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Darshan Singh, who is a driver. His mother’s name is Baldev Kaur and she is a sanitation worker in a government college in Punjab.
Ugoke’s wife Veerpal Kaur (centre) and his mother Baldev (right)
wife and children
His wife’s name is Veerpal Kaur and the couple has two children named Abhijot and Armaanjot. His wife does tailoring work at home.
Baldev Kaur and her husband Darshan Singh with their daughter-in-law Veerpal Kaur and grandchildren
Caste
He belongs to Scheduled Caste community.
livelihood
In 2013, Labh Singh Ugoke became a volunteer member of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, India. Soon after joining the Aam Aadmi Party, he was appointed as a monitoring committee member named Disha in Barnala district. Later he was appointed the district president of the SC wing in the same district. Labh Singh Ugoke contested the March 2022 assembly elections from Bhadaur constituency and won the election by defeating his rival and Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who had contested from the same constituency on an Indian National Congress ticket. In the same election, Channi had also lost to another AAP candidate contesting from Chamkaur Sahib constituency.
property/property
movable property
- Deposits in Banks: Rs. 17,690
- Motor Vehicle: Rs. 42,000
net worth
As of 2022, Labh Singh Ugoke’s net worth is Rs. 3,65,490 lakhs.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Labh Singh Ugoke, apart from being a politician, also runs a mobile repairing shop in his village. Immediately after finishing school, he did a diploma in mobile repairing. However, Labh Singh Ugoke closed his mobile repair shop in 2019.
- After winning the assembly elections in Punjab in March 2022, Labh Singh Ugoke said in a press conference that his father worked as a driver, and his mother was a cleaning worker in a government college in Punjab.
- According to an affidavit filed with the Election Commission of India, Labh Singh Ugoke owns only one Hero Honda motorcycle which he bought in 2014.
- Labh Singh Ugoke had claimed before the assembly elections in Punjab in March 2022 that he would definitely defeat Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and the election results showed that Charanjit Singh Channi was defeated by Labh Singh by a huge margin of 37,558 votes.
- Labh Singh Ugoke’s family background is very simple. In one of his interviews given to a media house, he described himself as a common man and said that Charanjit Singh Channi was wearing the mask of a common man who did not even know the names of the villages falling under his constituency. He said,
There are 74 villages in my constituency and I know the problems of every village. For me, Bhadaur is not a ‘halka’ (constituency) but my family. Channi Saheb does not even know the names of 10 villages of Bhadaur seat.
Labh Singh Ugoke alleged that Charanjit Singh Channi ignored the problems of the people of Bhadaur constituency, and Labh Singh in the same conversation said that Channi was living a king-sized life. He said that Channi is just attracting national media attention and is not working at the grassroots level. They said,
Channi Saheb is not a ‘common man’. Despite being from a Dalit family, he is living the life of a king. The only difference I noticed after Channi jumped into the fray from this seat is that the national media attention is on me to contest the CM.
Labh Singh Ugoke speaking during a political rally
- Labh Singh Ugoke regularly posts photos and videos of his political rallies on social media. More than 74 thousand people follow his Facebook page.
- Before the Punjab Assembly elections in 2022, Labh Singh Ugoke had told in the election affidavit that he lives in a two-room house with his wife and two children. Labh Singh Ugoke, known to be a fast learner, won the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections from Bhadaur Assembly constituency against Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
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