Sandeep fourth Jakhar to enter election arena

Abohar, January 15 The Congress in its first list today has fielded Sandeep Jakhar, a nephew of former PCC chief Sunil Jakhar, from Abohar. He is the fourth member of the Panjkosi village-based Jakhar family to enter the poll...

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Updated At : 12:00 PM Jan 16, 2022 IST

Abohar, January 15

The Congress in its first list today has fielded Sandeep Jakhar, a nephew of former PCC chief Sunil Jakhar, from Abohar. He is the fourth member of the Panjkosi village-based Jakhar family to enter the poll arena.

Sandeep is the son of late Surinder Jakhar, who had served as chairman of Asia’s cooperative fertiliser giant IFFCO for four terms and chief of Asian Cooperative Alliance for two terms.

A product of Mayo College, Ajmer, Sandeep graduated from Florida university before returning to India and following in the footsteps of grandfather Balram Jakhar and uncles to join politics. He joined the Congress and served as district president.

Balram won the seat in 1972, while his eldest son Sajjan Kumar Jakhar was elected MLA in 1980 and youngest son Sunil Jakhar in 2002. The family has so far won seven Vidhan Sabha elections.

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