Sucha Singh Chhotepur

Sucha Singh Chhotepur is an Indian politician and President of Aapna Punjab Party. He was born in Punjab. He was former state convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for Punjab. He is the former state Minister of Tourism and a former independent member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Political career
Chhotepur is son in law of Shiromani Akali Dal President Mohan Singh Tur. He was elected sarpanch of Chhotepur village in Majha region of Punjab in 1975.

In 1985, he won Dhariwal constituency in Gurdaspur district and become minister for health and tourism in Surjit Singh Barnala government. He resigned from government in a protest against the government actions at the Golden Temple.

contested as independent candidate in 1997 state election from Dhariwal constituency.

He contested 2002 state election from Dhariwal constituency and won the seat as an Independent by margin of 80 votes against Sucha Singh Langah.

In 2009, Chhotepur joined the Indian National Congress in presence of Captain Amarinder Singh in Gurdaspur. He help Partap Singh Bajwa to defeat Vinod Khanna of Bharatiya Janta Party by 8,342 votes.

In 2012 state election, Chhotepur again contested as Independent lost to Charanjit Kaur Bajwa a wife Partap Singh Bajwa and came third.but got 17000 votes

In 2014 elections, he became Arvind Kejriwal's go to man in Punjab. He became the AAP convener for Punjab.

In 2017, Chhotepur launched Aapna Punjab Party which led to losses for the aap in Punjab and stuck it to 20 seats.