Arvinder Singh Lovely | |
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![]() Arvinder Singh Lovely receiving the National Award for Excellence in Urban Transport from the Union Minister of Urban Development, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, at the Valedictory Session of 2nd Urban Mobility India Conference-2009 | |
President, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee | |
In office 31 August 2023 –28 April 2024 | |
National President | Mallikarjun Kharge |
Preceded by | Anil Chaudhary |
Succeeded by | Devender Yadav(interim) |
In office 20 December 2013 –10 February 2015 | |
National President | Sonia Gandhi |
Preceded by | Jai Parkash Aggarwal |
Succeeded by | Ajay Maken |
Cabinet Minister,Government of Delhi | |
In office 15 December 2003 –27 November 2013 | |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Chief Minister | Sheila Dikshit |
Ministry and Departments |
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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
In office 25 November 1998 –2015 | |
Preceded by | Darshan Kumar Bahl |
Succeeded by | Anil Kumar Bajpai |
Constituency | Gandhi Nagar |
Personal details | |
Born | Delhi,India | 11 December 1968
Political party | ![]() (2017–2018 &2024-present) [1] |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1998–2017 &2018-2024) |
Spouse | Gurveen Kaur |
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Residence | Krishna Nagar,Delhi |
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Arvinder Singh Lovely (born 11 December 1968) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He is a five-time MLA from Gandhi Nagar,Delhi Assembly constituency. He represented the Indian National Congress from 1998 to 2013. Later,he contested and lost the 2019 lok sabha elections but rejoined Bharatiya Janata Party and regained the seat in 2025. [3]
Lovely was born in Gandhinagar,He is the son of Balwinder Singh. He completed his graduation in political science at SGTB Khalsa College which is affiliated with University of Delhi. He started as students leader and was elected as the chairman of Bhimrao Ambedkar College,Delhi. He married Gurveen Kaur and together they have two sons.
Lovely served as the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee from 2013 to 2015,and again from 2023 to 2024. [4]
He first became an MLA winning the 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election from Gandhi Nagar constituency. He regained the seat in 2003 and won two more times in 2008 and 2013. [5] He served as the Minister for Urban Development and Revenue,Education,Transport,Tourism,Languages,Gurudwara Election,Local Bodies &Gurudwara Administration in the Sheila Dikshit government of Delhi.
He left Congress in April 2017 and joined the BJP. He came back to the Congress party in February 2018. In May 2024,he rejoined the BJP. [6]
He won from Gandhinagar,delhi Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. [7] He polled 56,858 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Naveen Chaudhary of the Aam Aadmi Party,by a margin of 12,748 votes. He garnered a vote share of 53.94 percentage. [8] [9] [10]
Earlier,as a student leader,he was elected as the General Secretary of the Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress in 1990 and then served as the General Secretary of the National Student Union of India (NSUI) between 1992 and 1996.
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