Ajay Bhatt (politician)

This article is about the politician. For the engineer, see Ajay Bhatt.

Pushpa Bhatt

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(m. 1986)​

Ajay Bhatt
Bhatt in 2022
Union Minister of State for Defence
In office 7 July 2021 –10 June 2024
Children	4
Residence	10, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi
Occupation	Politician lawyer

Ajay Bhatt (born 1 May 1961) is an Indian politician who is served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Tourism in Second Modi ministry. He is also a Member of Parliament from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar. He was State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttarakhand from 2016 to 2020. Ajay Bhatt defeated former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Senior Indian National Congress leader Harish Rawat by a huge margin of 3,39,096 votes in Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar constituency in 2019 General Elections.

He has served as the Leader of the Opposition in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly before state elections in 2017. He held several portfolios in the Government of Uttarakhand as a Minister. He is regarded as one of the senior most BJP leaders of Uttarakhand. He has also served as MLA from Ranikhet Legislative Assembly. He has a nephew named Liladhar Bhatt who is unlike him in congress and Tarun Bhatt his other nephew also supports Ajay Bhatt. Ajay Bhatt was known for the slogan "Sabki ek hi ratt..Ajay Bhatt..Ajay Bhatt"^{[ clarification needed ]} during Uttrakhand state elections in 2017. ^{[2] [3]}

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
Lok Sabha
2024	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar		BJP	Won	61.03%	Prakash Joshi		INC	34.61%
2019	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar		BJP	Won	61.35%	Harish Rawat		INC	34.41%
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
2017	Ranikhet		BJP	Lost	34.13%	Karan Mahara		INC	46.23%	[4]
2012	Ranikhet		BJP	Won	35.66%	Karan Mahara		INC	35.46%	[5]
2007	Ranikhet		BJP	Lost	36.27%	Karan Mahara		INC	36.83%	[6]
2002	Ranikhet		BJP	Won	33.75%	Pooran Singh		INC	26.13%	[7]

References

1. Free Press Journal (7 July 2021). "Who is Ajay Bhatt? All you need to know about Uttarakhand leader in PM Modi's new Cabinet". Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
2. "Yahoo Search - Web Search".
3. "State legislature". Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
4. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
5. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.