AMRITSAR: The celebration atmosphere in the house of Om Parkash Soni as soon as the news of his election as Deputy Chief Minister Punjab . The family members and his supporters are performing punjabi folk dance bhangra with Dhol.
Om Prakash Soni started his political career in 1997 when he became an MLA from the Amritsar West constituency and was re-elected in 2002 and 2007. He successfully contested from Amritsar Central constituency in 2012 and was re-elected in 2017 as well.
The 64-year-old Soni also became a Cabinet minister in the Punjab government, where he headed the Medical Education and Research department.