Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Emblem of Punjab
Banner of Punjab
Incumbent Kultar Singh Sandhwan since 21 March 2022
Appointer	Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Term length	Five years; no renewable limit
Inaugural holder	Shahab-ud-Din Virk
Formation	6 April 1937; 87 years ago
Deputy	Jai Krishan Singh
Website	Speaker of Punjab assembly Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly

In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairman. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Vidhan Sabha. The Speaker holds office until either he ceases to be a member of the Vidhan Sabha or he himself resigns. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Vidhan Sabha by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of a Speaker, the meeting of Punjab Legislative Assembly is presided over by the Deputy Speaker. The incumbent Speaker is Rana Kanwar Pal Singh^[1] and the deputy speaker is Ajaib Singh Bhatti^[2] of Indian National Congress.

Powers and functions of the Speaker

Following are the functions and position of Speakers.^[3]

• The Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha conducts the business in house, and decides whether a bill is a money bill or not.
• They maintain discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them.
• They also permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions such as a motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules.
• The speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting.
• The date of election of the speaker is fixed by the Governor of Punjab. Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker.
• The speaker is answerable to the house.
• Both the speaker and deputy speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members.
• Speaker also gives recognition to the main opposite party as an Official Opposition and to the leader of that party in assembly as the Leader of Opposition.

Speaker

Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker is the vice-presiding officer of the Vidhan Sabha. Acts as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the Speaker.

List of Deputy Speakers

Color keys for the Party of Deputy Speaker

•   Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh
•   Bharatiya Janata Party
•   Bharatiya Jana Sangh
•   Indian National Congress
•   Janata Party
•   Shiromani Akali Dal
•   Unionist Party

S. No.	Name	Constituency	Tenure[6]		Party
	Pre-Independence (1937-1947)
1.	Dasaundha Singh	Jagraon	6 April 1937	7 April 1941		Unionist Party
2.	Gurbachan Singh	Jullundur West	22 April 1941	16 March 1945
3.	Kapur Singh	Ludhiana East	26 March 1946	4 July 1947
	After Independence (1947–1966)
1.	Thakur Panchan Chand	Kangra North	3 November 1947	20 March 1951		Indian National Congress
2.	Shanno Devi	Amritsar City West	26 March 1951	20 June 1951
3.	Gurdial Singh Dhillon	Jhabal	10 May 1952	17 May 1954
4.	Sarup Singh	Narnaund	19 May 1954	31 March 1957
(4)		Hansi	25 April 1957	28 February 1962
5.	Shanno Devi	Jagadhri	19 March 1962	31 October 1966
Post- Reorganisation (1966 - Present)
6.	Jagjit Singh Chohan	Tanda	27 March 1967	27 November 1967		Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh
7.	Baldev Singh		8 December 1967	23 August 1968
8.	Bikramajit Singh Bajwa	Batala	20 March 1969	24 April 1970		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
(8)		Batala	28 July 1970	13 October 1971
9.	Kewal Krishan	Mukerian	28 March 1972	25 September 1973		Indian National Congress
10.	Nasib Singh Gill	Zira	28 September 1973	30 April 1977
11.	Panna Lal Nayyar	Batala	8 July 1977	17 February 1980		Janata Party
12.	Guizar Singh	Nathana	8 July 1980	26 June 1985		Indian National Congress (Indira)
13.	Nirmal Singh Kahlon	Fatehgarh Churian	5 November 1985	6 May 1986		Shiromani Akali Dal
14.	Jaswant Singh Sidhu	Mansa	2 June 1986	5 March 1988
15.	Romesh Chander Dogra	Dasuya	7 April 1992	7 January 1996		Indian National Congress (Indira)
16.	Naresh Thakur	Hoshiarpur	28 February 1996	11 February 1997
17.	Swarna Ram	Phagwara	18 June 1997	26 July 1997		Bhartiya Janata Party
18.	Baldev Raj Chawla	Amritsar North	23 December 1997	31 December 1999
19.	Satpal Gosain	Ludhiana East	5 September 2000	24 February 2002
20.	Darbari Lal	Amritsar Central	26 June 2002	10 March 2003		Indian National Congress
21.	Bir Devinder Singh	Kharar	27 March 2003	9 July 2004
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