Seema Kumari
Punjab Assembly elections 2022: Seema Kumari member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected as sarpanch of Lahri village in 2008 and to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2012 from Bhoa, a constituency then reserved for scheduled tribe candidates. Kumari was again nominated for 2017 state assembly elections but had to face sharp criticism because of her suspiciously increasing income. It is worth mentioning that in 2012, Kumari was described as the poorest MLA in the state in 2012, based on her declared assets in an election affidavit, which later had grown almost 30-fold by 2017. She lost her seat in Bhoa to Joginder Pal of the Indian National Congress. Punjab Assembly elections 2022 are scheduled to be held on February 20 while the counting of votes will be held on March 10. For the latest updates on Punjab Assembly elections 2022, click here
