Virsa Singh Valtoha


Virsa Singh Valtoha is an Indian politician and belongs to Shiromani Akali Dal party. He is a former member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly who represented Khem Karan.
He was former Chief spokesperson of Shiromani Akali Dal and also served as District President of the party.

Family

His father's name is Sohan Singh.

Political career

Valtoha was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Valtoha constituency in 2007. During the 2012 Punjab election, Valtoha constituency underwent boundary delimitation. Valtoha then successfully contested for the Punjab Assembly seat from Khem Karan.

Casteism

Valtoha has been filmed insulting dalits,a historically discriminated community of lower caste people placed at the end of the caste pyramid, who constitute 36% of the states population in India.