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Sewa Singh Sekhwan was an Indian Politician and a member of Aam Aadami Party. He was one of the founding members of Shiromani Akali Dal. He was the Education minister of Punjab under the ten-year government of Shiromani Akali Dal. He was sworn in as a cabinet minister for the second time on 26 October 2009. Sekhwan's father Ujagar Singh Sekhwan was MLA from Kahnuwan in 1977 and 1980. He was founder of a group supporting Indian minorities and Dalits front. He remained the president of Akali Dal during the Emergency in India.Sekhwan worked as a teacher for 14 years before entering politics after his father's death in 1990.