| Chandrashekhar Azad | |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Chhutmalpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party: | Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) |
| Children: | 1 |
| Parents: | Govardhan Das (father) Kamlesh Devi (mother) |
| Alma Mater: | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University |
| Education: | B.A. Hons. & L.L.B. |
| Occupation: | Politician, social activist |
| Residence: | Chhutmalpur |
| Office1: | National President of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) |
| Term Start1: | 15 March 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Position Established |
| Office2: | Leader of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Lok Sabha |
| Term Start2: | 4 June 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Position Established |
| Office3: | Chief of the Bhim Army |
| Term Start3: | 21 July 2015 |
| Predecessor3: | Position Established |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start4: | 4 June 2024 |
| Predecessor4: | Girish Chandra |
| Constituency4: | Nagina, Uttar Pradesh |
| Majority4: | 1,51,473 |
Chandrashekhar Azad (born 3 December 1986), also known as Chandra Shekhar Ravan, an Indian social activist, Ambedkarite activist, politician and lawyer. He is serving as a Member of Parliament of the 18th Lok Sabha from Nagina since June 2024. He is the chief and co-founder of the Bhim Army,[1] and the National President of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram). In February 2021, Time magazine featured him in its annual list of 100 Emerging Leaders who are Shaping the Future.[2]
Azad hails from the Chhutmalpur village of Saharanpur, Western Uttar Pradesh. His father Govardhan Das retired as a principal of a Government School. He came to prominence as a Bahujan leader after a hoarding titled The Great Chamars of Ghadkhauli Welcome You was installed by him on the outskirts of his village. Chandra Shekhar Azad started free coaching classes for all categories and distributed free books for poor students to study.[3] [4] [5]
See main article: Bhim Army and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram).
Azad, Satish Kumar, and Vinay Ratan Singh founded Bhim Army in 2014, an organization that works for the emancipation of Dalits through education in India. It runs free schools for Dalits in western Uttar Pradesh.
In 2020, he founded the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram).
5656 UP legislative Assembly elections, he contested the Gorakhpur Urban Assembly constituency against Yogi Adityanath, with Azad getting 3.06% of the vote share and losing his deposit.
In the 2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, Azad Samaj Party (ASP) candidate Chandrashekhar Azad won the Nagina Lok Sabha constituency by 1,51,473 votes. He got 5,12,552 votes. BJP's Om Kumar came second, who got 3,61,079 votes.[6] [7] [8]