Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal

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Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Rohini
In office
1993 – 8 December 2013
Succeeded byRajesh Garg
Personal details
Born (1952-04-04) 4 April 1952 (age 72)
Naharpur village, Sector–7,
University of Delhi
OccupationBusinessperson
WebsiteOfficial website

Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal (Hindi pronunciation:

2013 Delhi legislative assembly election
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Early life

Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal was born on 4 April 1952 in Naharpur village, Sector–7,

University of Delhi.[1]

Political career

Aggarwal is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,[2] the main opposition party in the Indian Parliament and the major party in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha.[3][4]

He contested the Badli Vidhan Sabha Constituency in three consecutive elections from 1993 to 2003. At the 2008 state assembly election, he contested Rohini Constituency, carved out of Badli as a part of

delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008.[2]

He was elected for the First Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 1993, defeating runner-up Rajesh Yadav of Indian National Congress (commonly known as the Congress) by a margin of 9,836 votes.

2008 state assembly election, he garnered 55,793 votes against 30,019 votes of Congress candidate Vijender Jindal, and won with 62.56 percent of the votes.[5]

On 7 November 2013, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced Aggarwal as the party's candidate from Rohini Constituency for the

2013 state legislative assembly election, held on 4 December.[6] He filed his nomination on 13 November 2013.[7] The former Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta and office secretary S. K. Sharma wanted to contest from Rohini.[8] He lost to the Aam Aadmi Party candidate Rajesh Garg with a margin of 1,872 votes.[9]

Personal life

Jai Bhagwan is married to Krishna Aggarwal, and together they have three sons.

Pitampura, had his house demolished as "[t]he court order did not distinguish between the VIP's and the common people of Delhi". He claimed that his action would "change the image of the quintessential tainted Indian politician".[10] He resides at New Swastik Apartment, Sector–9, Rohini.[1] His interests include social and religious work and reading.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "List of Members – Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal". Delhiassembly.nic.in. Legislative Assembly of Delhi. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Know Your MLA – Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal, BJP". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
  3. ^ "India's main opposition party names PM candidate for 2014 polls". News.xinhuanet.com. Xinhua News Agency. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ^ Arora, Kamna (8 December 2013). "Delhi assembly election results: BJP wins, but AAP the real hero". New Delhi: Zee News. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  5. ^ Akram, Maria (12 November 2013). "Mostly good, but people don't credit netas for it". The Times of India. New Delhi. Times News Network. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  6. ^ Alvi, Naziya (7 November 2013). "BJP will field Vijendra Gupta against Sheila Dikshit". The Times of India. New Delhi. Times News Network. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  7. ^ "89 file poll nominations". The Asian Age. New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  8. ^ "काबिज सीटों पर भी दावेदारों की कमी नहीं". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). New Delhi. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Constituency Wise Result Status – NCT of Delhi – Rohini". Eciresults.ap.nic.in. Election Commission of India. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  10. ^ Singh, Sanghita (12 January 2006). "Delhi BJP MLA demolishes his house". Daily News and Analysis. New Delhi. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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