Ravneet Singh Bittu Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full name	Ravneet Singh Bittu
Profession	Politician
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 7" (170 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (March 2024-present) • Indian National Congress (2008-2024)
Political Journey	• In 2009, he competed for the 15th Lok Sabha seat from Anandpur Sahib and won it by a margin of more than 60,000 votes, defeating SAD candidate Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema. • In 2014, he was re-elected in 16th Lok Sabha from Ludhiana. • In 2019, he defeated LISP candidate Simarjeet Singh Bains to win the 17th Lok Sabha seat from Ludhiana by a margin of more than 70,000 votes, he defeated LISP candidate. • In 2020, he was appointed as the party whip in Lok Sabha.[1]The Print • In March 2024, he joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. • Lost the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Ludhiana constituency in Punjab • Took oath as Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries on 9 June 2024 in the Modi 3.0 cabinet
Personal Life
Date of Birth	10 September 1975 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	49 Years
Birthplace	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
School	Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh
College/University	No formal education after 12th standard
Educational Qualification	12th Standard [2]Dainik Bhaskar
Religion	Sikhism
Address	H.No. 33, Sector-5, Chandigarh
Controversy	FIR for Making Remarks Against Rahul Gandhi The INC filed a complaint against Bittu in September 2024 after he referred to Rahul Gandhi as Terrorist in a public gathering on 15 September 2024. Later, Bittu refused to retract his statement and apologize. [3]Hindustan Times He said, "Congress always tries to intimidate by filing FIRs and police cases. I am not at all concerned. Whatever Rahul Gandhi has said about the conditions of Sikhs in India, how can I subscribe to that view."
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Anupama Jhajj
Children	Son- Simar Singh Daughter- None
Parents	Father- Swaranjit Singh (passed away in 1986) Mother- Jasvir Kaur (homemaker)
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- None
Other Relatives	Grandfather: Beant Singh (politician, who served as the 12th chief minister of Punjab (1992-1995)) Paternal Uncle: Tej Parkash Singh (politician, who served as an MLA from the Payal constituency in Punjab (2002-2012)) Paternal Aunt: Gurkanwal Kaur (politician, who served as an MLA from the Jalandhar Cantt constituency in Punjab (2002-2007)) Cousin: Gurkirat Singh Kotli (was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 2012 and then again in 2017) Cousin: Harkirat Singh (Tej Parkash Singh’s son; served as the sarpanch of Kotli)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Maruti Esteem
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	Rs. 1,00,000 + other allowances (Member of Parliament) [4]My Neta
Assets/Properties	Movable Assets Cash: Rs. 2,90,000 Bank Deposits: Rs. 3,12,751 Motor Vehicles: Rs. 50,000 Jewellery: Rs. 2,98,000 Insurances: 6,25,845 Pistol: Rs. 24,000 Phone: Rs. 20,000 Immovable Asset Agricultural Land: Rs. 2,55,20,000 Residential Land: Rs. 1,91,00,000 Other Assets (Investment): Rs. 62,00,000 [5]My Neta
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 5 crores (2017-2018) [6]My Neta

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ravneet Singh Bittu

• His grandfather, Beant Singh, was the 12th Chief Minister of Punjab who was assassinated in August 1995.

• Ravneet Singh Bittu attended Guru Nanak Public School in Chandigarh and passed out in 1993.

• Singh’s father, Swaranjit Singh, passed away when Ravneet was 11 years old in a car accident. ^[7]Hindustan Times

• On 23 December 2008, Ravneet Singh Bittu became the first democratically elected President of the Punjab Youth Congress.

• In 2009, he contested the Indian general election on a ticket of the Indian National Congress from the Anandpur Sahib constituency. He won it by a margin of more than 60,000 votes, defeating SAD candidate Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema.

• In 2014, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha, this time from the Ludhiana constituency and won by a margin of 20,000 votes, defeating Harvinder Singh Phoolka of the Aam Aadmi Party.

• In 2019, he contested the 17th Lok Sabha elections from Ludhiana and defeated Simarjeet Singh Bains of the Liberal State Party by a margin of over 70,000 votes. In 2020, Ravneet Singh participated actively in the farmers’ rights protests against the government. On 27 July 2021, Ravneet Singh along with Amritsar MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, sat in protest in parliament after the adjournment of the house.
  

  Ravneet Singh in a still from the Facebook livestream of the protest inside the Parliament

• In January 2021, at the Singhu border, he was allegedly subjected to a “murderous attack” by some “mischievous elements” who assaulted, pushed, and removed his turban during a Jan Sansad program. He claimed that during the attack at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Memorial, where he had gone to attend the occasion alongside Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla and party MLA Kulbir Singh Zira, his vehicle was also damaged. After the incident, Ravneet Singh Bittu took to Facebook and talk about the situation and wrote a post that read,
  

  Some mischievous elements whose intentions were unknown, tried to spoil the situation by launching a murderous attack on three of us” ^[8]The Times of India

• From 11 March 2021 to 18 July 2021, he led the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha. Ravneet Singh Bittu was appointed Leader of the party in the Lok Sabha replacing Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a politician serving as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha, was busy in 2021 West Bengal election, for the budget session of parliament. ^[9]NDTV