Pargat Singh (born 5 March 1965) is a hockey player turned politician in India and belongs to the Indian National Congress in Punjab. He is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was full back. He captained Indian men’s hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He has worked as an SP with Punjab police before taking a plunge into politics.
Champions Trophy
1985 (Perth)
India vs Germany: At one point of time score board was ticking 1–5. Pargat Singh came forward and scored 4 goals in the last 6 minutes. The result was a draw but it made Pargat Singh known.
1986 (Karachi)
He played against Holland to give India a 3–2 victory.
Olympics
He captained Indian men’s hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Political career
In 2003, He was vice-president of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of Jalandhar.
Shiromani Akali Dal
Singh was nominated for Jalandhar Cantonment Assembly constituency seat as SAD nominee which he subsequently won defeating Jagbir Singh Brar of Congress.
He was suspended by SAD in July 2016.
He along with Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bains brothers formed a new political front – Aawaaz-e-Punjab claiming to fight against those working against Punjab.
Congress
Singh was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab’s termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.
He has been a Congress MLA since 2017 from the Jalandhar Cantt constituency. He has been nominated again by Jalandhar Cantt for elections 2022. He is going to contest the Punjab assembly elections for the third time in a row. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.
In 2017, he was nominated as the General Secretary of Hockey Punjab.
Awards
| S.No. | Awards | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padma Shree | 1998 |
| 2 | Arjuna Award | 1989 |