Ravneet Singh

Political career He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2009 Indian general election, representing Anandpur Sahib for the Indian National Congress (INC). He would be reelected in the 2014 and 2019 Indian general elections from Ludhiana. In 2021, he served as the INC's leader in the Lok Sabha. He has sought election to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalalabad in 2017, losing to Sukhbir Singh Badal.

In January 2021, he was assaulted at the Singhu border during a Jan Sansad program. In 2023, he received a bomb threat via a WhatsApp call.

Prior to the 2024 Indian general election, Bittu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on March 24, 2024. He lost to Amrinder Singh Raja Warring in Ludhiana, but was appointed to the third Modi ministry as Minister of State for Railways and as the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries. He was later elected to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan between 2024 to 2026.

He is the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

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

Punjab Legislative Assembly Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentOpponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin % 2017 Jalalabad 31,539 18.78 Sukhbir Singh Badal 75,110 44.82 -43,571 -26.04

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