Summary:
He became the first president of the Youth Akali Dal in 1982, a post he held till 1992. Chandumajra went with Tohra, who floated his own political party All India Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (AISAD). After the death of Tohra, Chandumajra floated SAD (Longowal), which he later merged into SAD in 2007.“I have started touring my constituency and from the response I have been getting, I am sure that SAD will win this seat irrespective of competition,” he claims. Chandumajra became an MLA in 1985, representing Dakala constituency in Patiala. He contested the next Lok Sabha elections again from Patiala on AISAD in 2004, but was defeated by Congress candidate and Capt Amarinder’s wife Preneet Kaur..