| 1. Amit Rattan Kotfatta is an Indian politician elected as the MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party from Bathinda Rural in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. |
| 2. He often puts 'Engineer' before his name on social media pages. |
| 3. His wife is a police officer assigned to Nagaland, having previously served in Jalandhar Rural. |
| 4. His sister and brother-in-law are both class 1 officers in Haryana. |
| 5. In 2020, he was expelled by the SAD for allegedly deceiving party workers and local farmers, though no police case was filed. |
| 6. His 2022 candidacy announcement by AAP faced criticism from the party's founding members in Punjab. |
| 7. During the election campaign, protesters from Bharti Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan's Sangat block demonstrated outside his house for three days over alleged non-payment issues from 2017 surveys. |
| 8. In the same year, complaints were lodged with the Bathinda inspector general of police about a company supposedly operated by Amit that collected money from youth. |
| 9. There were calls for a review of his candidature by Arvind Kejriwal following these accusations, which Amit refuted citing lack of evidence. |
| 10. Despite the controversies, he emerged victorious in the 2022 elections and pledged to serve the public diligently, bridge the gap between the government and the people, and combat corruption. |
| 11. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering/Technical (Mechanical) degree from Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab, Punjab University (2003). |
| 12. He is a businessman in the information technology sector. |
