Rajesh Gupta | |
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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for Wazirpur | |
Assumed office Feb 2015 | |
Preceded by | Dr Mahender Nagpal |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Website | http://rajeshgupta.info |
Rajesh Gupta (born 2 November 1978) [1] is an Indian politician and member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi (M.L.A.). He has also been the Parliamentary Secretary of Health in the state. He is a member of Aam Aadmi Party and represents Wazirpur (Assembly constituency) of Delhi. [2]
Rajesh Gupta was born in Delhi Damodar Prasad Gupta. [1] He completed his schooling from Tyagi Public School. As a teenager,he was into theatre arts and performed street plays and nukkad nataks. During the anti-corruption movement he left his family shoe business and a potential career in theatrics to join Aam Aadmi Party. He passed Class 12 in 1997. [1]
Gupta actively participated in Anti-Corruption Protest led by Anna Hazare in 2011. He also took part in the campaigning during the 2013 Assembly elections. Eventually he contested and won as an MLA in 2015 Delhi Elections. He secured 61,208 votes and defeated former MLA Mahender Nagpal of BJP and won by a margin of 22,044 votes. He served as a Member (2022-2023) on the Committee on Government Undertakings [3] and on the Committee on Estimates. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Rajesh Gupta | 57,331 | 52.64 | −2.21 | |
BJP | Mahender Nagpal | 45641 | 41.91 | +6.81 | |
INC | Harikishan Jindal | 3501 | 3.21 | −4.29 | |
BSP | Mustqim Ahmed | 889 | 0.82 | −0.24 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 477 | 0.44 | +0.02 | |
Majority | 11,690 | 10.73 | −9.02 | ||
Turnout | 1,09,654 | 60.50 | −7.92 | ||
AAP hold | Swing | -2.21 |
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