KYC of Punjab’s 17th Cabinet Minister
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 3,2025
Newly inducted 17th cabinet minister in Bhagwant Mann led AAP government; Sanjiv Arora 61 years old is a graduate from Bachelor of Commerce from SCD Government College in Ludhiana.
Sanjeev Arora is an Indian businessman and politician from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 10 April 2022 to 1 July 2025. Arora sacrificed his Rajya Sabha seat for the party big-wigs. His Rajya Sabha tenure was upto April 9,2028.
KYC of Punjab’s 17th Cabinet Minister as Punjab can have up to 18 ministers in the Cabinet, including the Chief Minister.
According to his election affidavit, he owns assets worth over Rs 460 crore making him the second richest AAP MLA from Punjab after Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh with assets reportedly worth around Rs 1,000 crore.
Sanjeev Arora is an Indian businessman and politician from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 10 April 2022 to 1 July 2025. Now he is going to represent Ludhiana (West) in Punjab Vidhan sabha.
Arora’s primary business has been in the export industry, operating under Ritesh Industries Ltd for over three decades, with exports primarily to the United States. In 2006, he diversified into real estate and renamed the company to Ritesh Properties and Industries Ltd (RPIL). Under RPIL, he developed the “Hampton Business Park” and “Hampton Homes” on Chandigarh Road, creating a hub for multiple industries.
In 2018, Arora founded Femella Fashions Ltd, launching the “Femella” women’s wear brand, which sells on several online retail portals. In 2019, he ventured into the non-ferrous metal business with Teneron Limited, collaborating with Suzuki Motors under the Make in India initiative.
Having lost both parents to cancer, Arora established the “Krishna Pran Breast Cancer Charitable Trust” over 15 years ago to provide free treatment to underprivileged cancer patients
