DIPLOMACY TO POLITICS

1964: Lecturer in a Ludhiana college 1974: Joined Punjab civil services before joining the Indian Foreign Service 1984: Resigned from IFS to protest the Indian Army’s Operation Bluestar in which Golden Temple was damaged 1990: Appointed chairman, Punjab Human Rights Organisation

1996: Lok Sabha MP from Bathinda as Akali Dal candidate

1998: Member, National Commission for SCs and STs

2014: Re-elected from Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha seat as AAP candidate