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Balbir Singh Rajewal Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 22, 2026 • 4 min read

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Date of birth20 August 1943

Age78 Years (as of 2021)

BirthplaceRajewal, Ludhiana, Punjab

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

FamilySon (name not known; left commercial pilot job to farm), Father - Asa Singh

Balbir Singh Rajewal Biography

Balbir Singh Rajewal is a veteran Punjabi farmer leader and politician from Rajewal, Ludhiana. He founded BKU (Rajewal), played a visible role in the 2020–

Early life and background

Balbir Singh Rajewal was born on 20 August 1943 in Rajewal, Ludhiana district of Punjab. He grew up in a farming family; his father was Asa Singh, a farmer. Rajewal attended A. S. Sr. Sec. School in Khanna and later studied at A.S. College, Khanna. He is identified with Sikhism and has spent most of his life in the Ludhiana region, with Bhagwanpura cited as his hometown.

Before turning fully to agriculture and union work, Rajewal worked as a telegraphist and in the Punjab telephone department. He left that work in 1968 and resumed farming in his native village. Over time he expanded his agricultural interests—setting up two rice mills near Rajewal—and at one point worked as a commission agent in Khanna Mandi.

Career

Rajewal’s public life has centered on farmers’ organisations and agrarian activism. He began organising in the early 1970s, helping to form the Punjab Khetibari Union in 1971 and taking part in the coalition of peasant groups that led to the renaming of the organisation as the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in 1978. He served as BKU secretary after the national formation in Hyderabad and worked alongside prominent farmer leaders of the era.

He remained active in BKU through the 1970s and 1980s and later aligned with different BKU factions, eventually founding his own BKU (Rajewal) in 2001. His activism has included campaigns against zonal restrictions on the sale of produce and fights over electricity charges for farmers; those campaigns led to arrests, including a 1974 detention related to efforts to remove sale restrictions.

Rajewal has also combined grassroots work with institutional involvement. He is president of Malwa College Bondli-Samrala and runs an honesty shop called “Sach Di Dukan,” a community-oriented initiative that relies on voluntary payments.

In the 2010s he continued agitation on drought relief and related farmer demands; a hunger strike in 2013 helped obtain substantial drought relief and tubewell bill concessions. He maintained a presence in Punjabi public life without formally joining a political party for many years, though he has worked with state parties and governments on farmer issues and was offered roles he declined, including a constituency incharge position in 2014 and a post offered in 2022.

Role in the 2020 farmers’ protest and politics

Rajewal emerged as a visible leader during the 2020 Indian farmers’ protest against three agricultural laws. Leading BKU (Rajewal), he was active at major protest sites and in organising pickets and demonstrations across many districts of Punjab. In November 2020 he became a member of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SSM), the umbrella coalition of farmer unions formed during the agitation, and served as one of the negotiators representing farmer demands in talks with the government.

After the government repealed the farm laws in December 2021, a group of Punjab farm unions broke from the SKM and formed the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) as a political formation. Rajewal became the SSM’s chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections and helped lead the party’s campaign, which contested all 117 assembly seats.

Public profile

Rajewal’s public image is that of a long-standing farmer leader with deep roots in Punjab agriculture. He has been jailed multiple times for his involvement in protests and agitation over farmers’ rights. His work has earned local recognition and honours from community bodies in late 2021, and he has been welcomed by various groups across the region.

His family has also been involved in farming life: one son left a career as a commercial pilot to return to farming. Rajewal owns agricultural land in Rajewal and has blended grassroots organising with some institutional roles and community initiatives.

Controversies and disputes

During and after the 2020 protests, Rajewal’s positions and actions drew criticism and dispute from other leaders and political figures. He was involved in public disagreements with fellow farm leaders over funding and strategy, and faced accusations from political opponents alleging concessions or backroom dealings related to the protest movement. Rajewal has denied such allegations and at times countered by questioning the affiliations of his critics.

Latest updates

As of the latest available information, Rajewal remained active in farmer politics and was the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha’s chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 Punjab elections. He continued to represent BKU (Rajewal) and participates in community and educational institutions in the Ludhiana region.

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Recent Work

Chief Ministerial candidate, Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM)

Led SSM’s campaign in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections and headed BKU (Rajewal) during the 2020 farmers’ protest.

2021-2022
Leader, BKU (Rajewal)

Organised and represented BKU (Rajewal) through major protests and negotiations, including the 2020–2021 farmers’ protest.

2001–present
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Career Highlights

  1. Founded Punjab Khetibari Union and later BKU (Rajewal)
  2. Served as BKU secretary after the 1978 national formation
  3. Leader and negotiator during the 2020 Indian farmers’ protest
  4. Chief ministerial candidate for Sanyukt Samaj Morcha in the 2022 Punjab elections
  5. Ran community initiatives including an honesty shop and served as president of Malwa College Bondli-Samrala
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