Captain Amarinder Singh (born March 11, 1942) is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress. Head of the royal family of the erstwhile State of Patiala, he is a former Chief Minister of Punjab. At present he is Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha, having been chosen for the position after his election as a Member of Parliament from Amritsar, where he defeated the prominent BJP leader Arun Jaitley.