Rajesh Gupta Explained

Rajesh Gupta
Constituency Am:Wazirpur
Assembly:Delhi Legislative
Term Start:Feb 2015
Predecessor:Dr Mahender Nagpal
Nationality:Indian
Party:Aam Aadmi Party
Website:http://rajeshgupta.info
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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]

Early life

Rajesh Gupta was born in Delhi Damodar Prasad Gupta. 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.

Career

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rajesh Gupta(AAP):Constituency- WAZIRPUR(NORTH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: . 2024-09-16 . www.myneta.info.
  2. News: Election result . Election commission of India. 1 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022 . 17 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211226020949/http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeComposition.htm . 26 December 2021.