title: Surjit Kumar Jyani
text: # Surjit Kumar Jyani
  
  Surjit Kumar Jyani is an Indian politician and who served as health Minister in the Punjab Government. He has also served as Minister for Forest & Wildlife & Labour. He is member of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).
  
  ## Early life
  
  Jyani comes from a Hindu Jat family and his mother tongue is Bagri. His grandfather migrated from Rajasthan during British Raj .
  
  ## Political career
  
  He first became a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Fazilka in 1997. In 2007 and 2012, he was re-elected from Fazilka.
  
  