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on 2 December 2022, and was made its national spokesperson. After attending the 2023 BJP National
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to discuss international security issues, including the resurgence of
Taliban in Afghanistan, the nuclear flashpoint between the US and North Korea, and China's growing presence in the Indo-Pacific In 2022, several Punjab Congress leaders, including former Chief Minister Captain
337:), graduating in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in law. During his stint at the law school, Jaiveer participated in various extra-curricular activities, and was elected President of the Student Union. After practicing law for a few years in Delhi, Jaiveer went to the
326:, to Rajeshwar Singh Shergill and Karamjeet Shergill. His father has been a prominent lawyer who specializes in cases relating to money laundering. Shergill did his schooling in Punjab, studying at St. Joseph's Boys School, Jalandhar, and APJ School, Jalandhar.
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In 2006, after graduating from law school, Jaiveer enrolled in the Delhi Bar and began his career as a law associate with "Economic Laws
Practice," a reputed law firm specializing in tax and commercial cases. In 2008, Jaiveer was accepted into the Chambers of
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in its celebrated case against the Income Tax department, (highest tax liability of US$ 2.2 billion), where the company refused to pay a tax demand of Rs. 2000 crore (US$ 330 million), insisting that the transaction of shares in an overseas tax haven,
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