Ashok Chandna | |
|---|---|
| Third Ashok Gehlot ministry Government of Rajasthan | |
| In office 28 December 2018 –3 December 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | KK Vishnoi |
| President Rajasthan Youth Congress | |
| In office 28 March 2013 –7 April 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Mukesh Bhakar |
| Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Prabhu Lal Saini |
| Constituency | Hindoli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1984 Bundi,Rajasthan |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Education | (B.Com),University of Pune |
| Profession | Politician and businessman |
Ashok Chandna (born 13 January 1984) is an Indian politician currently serving as a member of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly,representing the Hindoli constituency. [1] He previously served as a member of the 14th and 15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly,representing the same constituency. Chandna is a member of the Indian National Congress party. He served as the Minister of State for the Youth Affairs &Sports Department (Independent Charge),Skill,Employment &Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge),Transport,and Soldier Welfare in the Government of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2023. [2] [3] [4]
Ashok Chandna was born on 13 January 1984 in a Gurjar family at Nainwa,Bundi. He completed his schooling from Birla Senior Secondary School,Pilani and is Graduate from University of Pune.[ citation needed ]
Ashok Chandna joined the Indian National Congress party in 2009 as a general congress worker. In the same year,he was elected as a member of the Ajmer Zila Parishad and became the General Secretary of the Rajasthan Youth Congress. Later,in 2013,he became the president of the Rajasthan Youth Congress [5] and was elected as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Hindoli constituency in October 2013. On 11 December 2018,he was re-elected and included as a Minister of State in the Third Gehlot ministry.[ citation needed ]
Following the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election,he was re-elected as MLA from the Hindoli constituency,defeating Prabhu Lal Saini,the candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),by a margin of 45,004 votes. [1]
Ashok Chandna conceptualised the Rajasthan Gramin Olympics. The rural games were scheduled from 29 August 29 to 5 October 2022,where more than 30 lakhs people registered and Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games termed as pivotal moment that will help in creating a sports culture in Rajasthan followed by other states. [6]
He landed in controversy when an audio clip of phone conversation of him went viral on social media in which he was allegedly heard using a casteist slur against Congress worker over the ticket for the panchayat polls. [7]