User talk:Manmohan Singh Sathiala

Manmohan Singh Sathiala is among the leading political personalities of Amritsar,Punjab.He has done his primary education from village Sathiala and high school from Sainik school Kapurthala. He completed his BA from Guru Teg Bahadur Government College,Sathiala(now Regional Center of GNDU,Amritsar). Since his college days his inclination was towards social work and political activities.Thus he completed his Master of Arts in Political Science from Lyalpur Khalsa College,Jalandhar,Punjab. He got selected in SSB interview for Army officer but was rejected on health grounds.This was one of the turning point for him to join politics and social activities.He was also selected as Manager at Punjab & Sind Bank but declined to join as his interest was to do something for social causes and joined the political party i.e Shiromani Akali Dal in 1970.He than worked with the than promonant Akali leader and President of Akali Dal;Jathedar Mohan Singh Tur. Mr Tur groomed him as future leader and travelled with him to UK for the cause of akali dal and speading its international roots among sikh population of UK.He was made Chairman of Punjab Poultry Corporation in 1977 when Akali dal came in power in Punjab state.During his short tenure Corporation was out of blues and started making profits by his vision and able administration.He worked for Akali Dal on the post of Secretary for more than a decade and gone to jail as political activist many times for support of public causes in Akali agitations and morchas. He has offered his arrest against emergency,punjabi suba morcha,against blue star operation and many more.He always helped and served the people of Punjab and Amritsar in particular. He was elected as MLA (Member of Punjab Legislative assembly)from Beas constituency,Distt.Amritsar in year 1997 as akali candidate. He has shown his legislative capabilities by serving Chairman of various Punjab Vidhan Sabha Committees.He also remained Chairman of Pepsu Road Transport Corporation(PRTC).He introduced various able administrative decisions in PRTC like Km Scheme,GPS system,buiding state of art bus stands i.e talwandi sabo etc and put the corporation on tracks. He is still active in this fight for social and political causes of Punjab and serving the people.