Kotli is the Grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister, late Beant Singh, started his political career in 1992 as a Youth Congress leader.
An arts graduate from Government College, Sector-11, Chandigarh, Kotli was tipped to contest polls for chief of Punjab Youth Congress in 2008, but couldn’t because of being overage by merely 2 or 3 months, which were eventually contested and won by his cousin (father’s brother’s son) Ravneet Singh Bittu, who is now Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana.
[citation needed] The 31 August 1994 abduction, molestation and illegal confinement case of French national Katia Darnand has come to haunt Gurkirat Kotli time and again in which the victim had named him as one of the main accused.
[citation needed] The case shot back to limelight in 2017 after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) moved National Commission for Women (NCW) demanding re-investigation and retrial in the case and eventually a notice was issued to the government of Punjab and a reply was sought.
Gurkirat Kotli: Once haunted by the ghost of Katia molestation case, Beant Singh’s grandson gets Cabinet call Gurkirat Kotli: Once haunted by the ghost of Katia molestation case, Beant Singh’s grandson gets Cabinet call [2] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/aap-attacks-channi-on-induction-of-rana-kotli-and-ashu/articleshow/86593003.cms [3] Gurkirat Singh(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- KHANNA(LUDHIANA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: