UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007

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Punjab - list of BJP MLA inducted in ministry.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>All BJP ministers are law graduates </b>
Tribune News Service
Sangrur, March 3
All five BJP ministers inducted into the Punjab Cabinet are law graduates.

<b>Master Mohan Lal</b>, elected on a BJP ticket from the Pathankot constituency, is an MA, LL.B.<b> Laxmi Kanta Chawla</b>, elected from Amritsar central and <b>Tikshan Sood</b>, elected from Hoshiarpur, are also MA LL.B. <b>Manoranjan Kalia, elected from Jalandhar central </b>and <b>Swarna Ram</b>, elected from Phagwara, are B.Com., LL.B. and B.A., LL.B. respectively.

General Secretary of the People for Transparency and district convener of the Punjab Election Watch Kamal Anand said all five law graduate BJP ministers also had permanent account numbers (PAN) for filing income tax returns. They do not have criminal background as per the data in the affidavit, he added.

Anand added it was a good for democracy these representatives of people were qualified and had no criminal background. He said if people continued electing educated representatives to Assemblies and the Lok Sabha, society would be able to end evils, like illiteracy, female foeticide, and dowry.
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