Ashok Tanwar

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
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| name = Ashok Tanwar
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| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Sirsa]]
| constituency = [[Sirsa]]
| term = 2009 - 2014
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Haryana]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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'''Dr Ashok Tanwar''' (born 12 February 1976) is an Indian politician, former President of [[Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee]], Member of Parliament from [[Sirsa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sirsa]] and Secretary, [[All India Congress Committee]]. He was also a former president of [[Indian Youth Congress]] and [[NSUI]]. He was the youngest person to become the president of [[Indian Youth Congress]].<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080423/jsp/nation/story_9175080.jsp Rahul’s backroom boys and a girl]</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in a [[jatav]] caste to a family of [[dalit|farmer]]<ref name=dalit1>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/jan/22/rift-between-bhupinder-hooda-and-ashok-tanwar-worries-haryana-congress-1760791.html Rift between Bhupinder Hooda and Ashok Tanwar worries Haryana Congress], newindianexpress.com, 22 January 2018.</ref> in Chimni, [[Jhajjar district]], [[Haryana]] to Dilbag Singh and Krishna Rathi.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-10-13|title=Ashok Tanwar attacked for being Dalit: Haryana min|work=Business Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ashok-tanwar-attacked-for-being-dalit-haryana-min-116101301164_1.html|access-date=2020-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ashok Tanwar: Keeping promises is the biggest task|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/ashok-tanwar-keeping-promises-is-the-biggest-task-1.706917|access-date=2020-09-05|website=gulfnews.com|language=en}}</ref> He did his BA from the [[Kakatiya University]], Warangal. He went to [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]]'s centre for Historical studies and completed his M.A., M.Phil and PhD (Medieval Indian History).

==Political career==
Tanwar started his career as an activist of the [[NSUI]] in [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|JNU]].

===Youth politics===
Tanwar rose to prominence when he won the election for the president of student union of JNU. He became NSUI's secretary in 1999 and its president in 2003. Under his leadership, the NSUI won two elections in the Delhi University Students' Union ([[DUSU]]) since he took over in 2003 and improved its performance in the Left dominated JNU.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/01/20/stories/2005012008350400.htm Tanwar New Youth Congress Chief]</ref>

During Ashok Tanwar's term as president, the [[Indian Youth Congress]] tried to strengthen its network at block, district and state level through workshops, seminars, street plays and social work related to the public issues.

===Lok Sabha elections===
In 2009 he won the Lok Sabha elections from Sirsa in Haryana as a Congress party's candidate with a margin of 35499 votes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090519221005/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/7/07/sirsa.html Sirsa Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabha]</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/youth-congress-chief-gets-cong-ticket-fr.../444061/ Youth Congress chief gets Cong ticket from Sirsa]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/16675/93/ |title=Congress wins nine out of 10 seats in Haryana |access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522190009/http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/16675/93 |archive-date=22 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However he lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as Congress Party's candidate to Charanjeet Singh Rori of [[Indian National Lok Dal]].<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140517/haryana.htm#9 Rori trounces Tanwar in Sirsa ]</ref>

===President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee===
He became the president of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee on 14 February 2014. He was succeeded by [[Selja Kumari]] as party president on 4 September 2019. He quit from the [[Indian National Congress]] on 5 October 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Congress now anti-thesis of democracy: Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar resigns |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/ashok-tanwar-haryana-congress-chief-quits-resign-election-1606490-2019-10-05 |accessdate=28 October 2019 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In June 2005, Ashok Tanwar married Avantika Maken, daughter of [[Lalit Maken]] and maternal grand daughter of former [[Indian President]], Dr. [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]. They have three children two sons and one daughter.Anirudh , Adikarta and Abhistada.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ashoktanwar.com/ Ashok Tanwar Official Page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090303213208/http://indianyouthcongress.in/ Indian Youth Congress]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110509075900/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/homepage.aspx?mpsno=4289 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:People from Jhajjar]]
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[[Category:Indian Youth Congress Presidents]]
[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Haryana]]

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