Rajesh Garg

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Rajesh Garg, sometimes known as Rajesh Garg Rohiniwala, is an Indian politician. [1] He was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Rohini constituency in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. [2] [3] He is also a Right to Information activist. [4]

Political career

While a student at the University of Delhi, Garg was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student and youth wing of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He left ABVP to join a student leader who had left the National Students' Union of India, the student and youth wing of the Indian National Congress in the same year, to form a Chhatra Morcha, in order to contest Delhi University Students' Union elections. Garg was elected president.[ citation needed ]

Garg's wife fought an election on the Congress ticket. In spite of being a Congress member, he took part in the Jan Lokpal Andolan. [1] Aam Aadmi Party suspended Garg when he released an audio tape featuring Arvind Kejriwal. [5] [6] He alleged that Kejriwal's men used to call him and other MLAs, pretending to be leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party and asking for support. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet Aam Aadmi Party winners: Politicians with a difference". Deccan Chronicle . 10 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "AAP legislator travels to Assembly on e-rickshaw". The Hindu. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Delhi assembly elections: Why contest is on a knife's edge in this crime-hit middle-class segment". The Times of India. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party gets 'Bheem' boost for Delhi polls". NDTV . New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
    - Upreti, Meenakshi (10 December 2013). Delhi elections: The 'novices' of AAP are now giant killers. News18.
  5. ↑ "AAP suspends former MLA Rajesh Garg". The Hindu. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Aam Aadmi Party suspends Rohini MLA Rajesh Garg for 'anti-party activities'". The Indian Express. 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Nanda, Rupashree (31 March 2015). Kejriwal gave consent for phone calls to AAP MLAs offering money to support BJP: Ex party leader. News18.
    - "Kejriwal's men used to call up offering money to support BJP: Rajesh Garg". ABP Live. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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