Political career
Ashu started his political career when he was elected as a Municipal Councillor in the year 1997 [1] from ward number 48 of Ludhiana.
In the year 2012,he was allotted a ticket of the Indian National Congress to contest from Ludhiana West Vidhan Sabha constituency and he becomes the Deputy CLP leader in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. [3] [4]
Again in the year 2017,he defeated Ahbaab Grewal of Aam Aadmi Party with a margin of 36,521 votes. [5] He was the Cabinet Minister of Food &Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs,Government of Punjab. [6]
In 2022,he lost the election from Ludhiana West to AAP Candidate Gurpreet Bassi Gogi by more than 7500 votes. [7]
In 2025 bypoll,he lost the election from Ludhiana West to AAP Candidate Sanjeev Arora by 10,637 votes.
Controversies
Ashu had been continuously criticised for his bad temper,arrogance and misbehaviour:
In January 2019,Ashu was publicly seen and captured by media while misbehaving with female officer in a public function. [8]
In February 2019,Audio recordings of Ashu threatening and blackmailing the then DSP &Superintending engineer of Improvement trust went viral. [9]
In October 2019,Ashu was blamed for thrashing his own party's volunteer during by-election preparations. [10]
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