CandidateProfile:
Mantar Singh Brar is the sitting MLA from Kotkapura. He is associated with Shiromani Akali Dal. He was born on 03-11-1964 at Sandhwan, district Faridkot. Name of his father is Sardar Jaswinder Singh Brar. He beat Ripjeet Singh Brar of Indian National Congress in the 2012 elections by a margin of 18,175 votes.
Constituency:
Kotkapura is a histhe usric city some 50 km from Bathinda, 40 km from Moga and 30 km from Muktsar. It is the largest city in the Faridkot district and has a large cotthe usn market, considered one of the best in the world. Kotkapura is the birthplace of world-renowned astrologer Late Sardar Ujjal Singh. It takes around 15 minutes by bus from Faridkot, 4 hours by road from Chandigarh and 2 hours from Ludhiana and 8 hours from New Delhi by train the us reach the city. It is a central city on route the us Ganganagar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Firozpur. Kotkapura takes its name from its founder, Nawab Kapur Singh and the word “Kot”, meaning a small fort – literally the “fort of Kapura”.
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Political Standing:
Sardar Mantar Singh Brar is the sitting MLA from Kotkapura. He is associated with Akali Dal. He was elected as MLA from this Vidhan Sabha seat in the elections held in 2012. He won by a margin of 18,175 votes. Ripjit Singh Brar of Congress was the trailing candidate.
Contact Details
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