Chandigarh, March 7
According to a letter issued by the Department of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities of the Punjab Government, Jasvir Singh Garhi has been appointed as the Chairman of the Scheduled Castes Commission Punjab. It is said that Jasvir Singh Garhi had joined the Aam Aadmi Party on the first day of the new year. In the Delhi elections, he had continuously campaigned for the party by going from house to house in Seemapuri Vidhan Sabha for a month, as a volunteer, as a result of which the Aam Aadmi Party won in Seemapuri Vidhan Sabha. It is also worth mentioning that Jasvir Singh Garhi is a prominent face of the Dalit community of Punjab, who was also the President of Bahujan Samaj Party Punjab for the last 6 years and took the BSP to great heights in Punjab, due to which the BSP won the MLA from Nawanshahr after 25 years. Jasvir Singh Garhi is known for standing up against the oppression of the poor and Dalits in Punjab.