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			{{Short description\|Indian politician (born 1962)}}
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	{{Infobox officeholder		{{Infobox officeholder
	\| name = Jitender Singh Shunty		\| name = Padma Shri Jitender Singh Shunty
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	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1962\|08\|01\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1962\|08\|01\|df=y}}
	\| residence =		\| residence = Delhi
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	\| office = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly\|Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly]]		\| office = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly\|Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
	\| constituency1 = [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]]		\| constituency1 = [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]]
	\| predecessor =[[Narender Nath]]		\| predecessor = [[Narender Nath]]
	\| successor = [[Ram Niwas Goel]]		\| successor = [[Ram Niwas Goel]]
	\| term_start = 2013		\| term_start = 2013
	\| term_end = 2015		\| term_end = 2015
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	'''Jitender Singh Shunty''' (born 1 August 1962), is an Indian politician and social worker. Shunty was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] from Bhartiya Janta Party in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/JitenderSinghShunty.htm\|title=Jitender Singh 'Shunty'\|website=delhiassembly.nic.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/jitender-shigh-shunty/\|title=Jitender Shigh Shunty MLA of Shahdara Delhi contact address & email\|website=nocorruption.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/WriteReadData/Affidavits/U05/SE/62/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY.htm\|title=General Election 2013 – Candidate's Affidavit AC No. & Name:62 – SHAHDARA\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=}}</ref> He is the founder of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal, an NGO that helps to cremate unclaimed bodies and immerse the ashes as guided by the Hindu and Sikh religion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thequint.com/photos/2017/02/18/in-photos-claiming-the-unclaimed-corpse-dead-body-cremation-shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-ngo\|title=In Photos: Providing Dignity to the Dead By Claiming the Unclaimed\|date=18 February 2017\|website=The Quint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Barnard\|first1=Catherine\|last2=Snell\|first2=Jukka\|date=September 2017\|title=14. Free movement of legal persons and the provision of services\|journal=Law Trove\|doi=10.1093/he/9780198789130.003.0014\|isbn=9780198789130}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/utility/yojanaye/delhi/news/shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-organized-the-144th-mass-blood-donation-camp-at-leela-ambience-convention-hotel-6041528.html\|title=शहीद भगत सिंह सेवा दल ने लीला एम्बिएंस कन्वेंशन होटल में 144 वें विशाल रक्तदान शिविर का किया आयोजन\|last=Tyagi\|first=Priyadarshni\|date=1 April 2019\|website=Dainik Bhaskar\|language=hi\|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>		'''Jitender Singh Shunty''' (born 1 August 1962), is an Indian politician and social worker. Shunty was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] from Bhartiya Janta Party in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/JitenderSinghShunty.htm\|title=Jitender Singh 'Shunty'\|website=delhiassembly.nic.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/jitender-shigh-shunty/\|title=Jitender Shigh Shunty MLA of Shahdara Delhi contact address & email\|website=nocorruption.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/WriteReadData/Affidavits/U05/SE/62/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY.htm\|title=General Election 2013 – Candidate's Affidavit AC No. & Name:62 – SHAHDARA\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=}}</ref> He is the founder of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal, an NGO that helps to cremate unclaimed bodies and immerse the ashes as guided by the Hindu and Sikh religion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thequint.com/photos/2017/02/18/in-photos-claiming-the-unclaimed-corpse-dead-body-cremation-shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-ngo\|title=In Photos: Providing Dignity to the Dead By Claiming the Unclaimed\|date=18 February 2017\|website=The Quint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Barnard\|first1=Catherine\|last2=Snell\|first2=Jukka\|date=September 2017\|title=14. Free movement of legal persons and the provision of services\|journal=Law Trove\|doi=10.1093/he/9780198789130.003.0014\|isbn=9780198789130}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/utility/yojanaye/delhi/news/shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-organized-the-144th-mass-blood-donation-camp-at-leela-ambience-convention-hotel-6041528.html\|title=शहीद भगत सिंह सेवा दल ने लीला एम्बिएंस कन्वेंशन होटल में 144 वें विशाल रक्तदान शिविर का किया आयोजन\|last=Tyagi\|first=Priyadarshni\|date=1 April 2019\|website=Dainik Bhaskar\|language=hi\|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref> It all started after an incident in 1996 at a crematorium.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Zompa\|first=Tenzin\|date=2021-11-12\|title=A 1996 incident at a crematorium that changed Padma Shri awardee Jitender Singh Shunty's life\|url=https://theprint.in/features/a-1996-incident-at-a-crematorium-that-changed-padma-shri-awardee-jitender-singh-shuntys-life/764608/\|access-date=2021-12-19\|website=ThePrint\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Biography ==		==Biography ==
	Jitender Singh Shunty founded the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal in 1996.<ref name=":1" /> He started his career in politics as an independent councillor from Jhilmil ward in Delhi. However, he became a part of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]] in 2008 and contested for the councillor elections from Jhilmil ward of the East municipal corporation and won the elections.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/shunty-had-sought-police-security-a-year-ago-installed-cctv-cameras-at-home/\|title=Shunty had sought police security a year ago, installed CCTV cameras at home\|date=4 September 2014\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> He contested his first Delhi Assembly election in 2013,<ref name=":0" /> and won from the [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] constituency with 45,364 votes.<ref name=":2" />		Jitender Singh Shunty founded the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal in 1996.<ref name=":1" /> He started his career in politics as an independent councillor from Jhilmil ward in Delhi. However, he became a part of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]] in 2008 and contested for the councillor elections from Jhilmil ward of the East municipal corporation and won the elections.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/shunty-had-sought-police-security-a-year-ago-installed-cctv-cameras-at-home/\|title=Shunty had sought police security a year ago, installed CCTV cameras at home\|date=4 September 2014\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> He contested his first Delhi Assembly election in 2013,<ref name=":0" /> and won from the [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] constituency with 45,364 votes.<ref name=":2" />

	In September 2014, an unidentified gunman shot at him but missed. Shunty had been reportedly attacked twice before this in 2013 and 2007.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/firing-on-delhi-bjp-mla-jitendra-singh-shanti-1-778607.html\|title=दिल्ली के शाहदरा से बीजेपी विधायक जितेंद्र सिंह पर फायरिंग, बाल-बाल बचे\|website=aajtak.intoday.in\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.jagran.com/videos/news/national-politicos-condemn-attack-on-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-v4120.html\|title=BJP विधायक शंटी पर हमले की नेताओं ने की निंदा\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Dainik Jagran\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> The incident happened at his residence in Vivek Vihar in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/roSYVtWlAsZKEcLchSln0N/Gunman-opens-fire-at-Delhi-MLA-Jitender-Singh-Shunty.html\|title=Gunman opens fire at Delhi MLA Jitender Singh Shunty\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Mint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/caught-on-camera-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-shot-at-delhi-house-206910-2014-09-03\|title=Caught on Camera: BJP MLA Jitender Singh Shunty shot at in Delhi's Vivek Vihar, escapes unhurt\|date=3 September 2014\|website=India Today\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, Shunty filed an FIR against actor [[Naseeruddin Shah\|Nasiruddin Shah]] for his statement saying that he was worried about the security of his children in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodtadka.in/entertainment/news/jitender-singh-shunty-file-case-against-naseeruddin-shah-925066\|title=समाजसेवी जितेंद्र सिंह शंटी ने नसीरूद्दीन शाह के खिलाफ दर्ज करवाई शिकायत\|website=bollywoodtadka.in\|access-date=22 June 2019\|date=26 December 2018}}</ref>		In September 2014, an unidentified gunman shot at him but missed. Shunty had been reportedly attacked twice before this in 2013 and 2007.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/firing-on-delhi-bjp-mla-jitendra-singh-shanti-1-778607.html\|title=दिल्ली के शाहदरा से बीजेपी विधायक जितेंद्र सिंह पर फायरिंग, बाल-बाल बचे\|website=aajtak.intoday.in\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.jagran.com/videos/news/national-politicos-condemn-attack-on-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-v4120.html\|title=BJP विधायक शंटी पर हमले की नेताओं ने की निंदा\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Dainik Jagran\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> The incident happened at his residence in Vivek Vihar in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/roSYVtWlAsZKEcLchSln0N/Gunman-opens-fire-at-Delhi-MLA-Jitender-Singh-Shunty.html\|title=Gunman opens fire at Delhi MLA Jitender Singh Shunty\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Mint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/caught-on-camera-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-shot-at-delhi-house-206910-2014-09-03\|title=Caught on Camera: BJP MLA Jitender Singh Shunty shot at in Delhi's Vivek Vihar, escapes unhurt\|date=3 September 2014\|website=India Today\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, Shunty filed an FIR against actor [[Naseeruddin Shah\|Nasiruddin Shah]] for his statement saying that he was worried about the security of his children in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodtadka.in/entertainment/news/jitender-singh-shunty-file-case-against-naseeruddin-shah-925066\|title=समाजसेवी जितेंद्र सिंह शंटी ने नसीरूद्दीन शाह के खिलाफ दर्ज करवाई शिकायत\|website=bollywoodtadka.in\|access-date=22 June 2019\|date=26 December 2018}}</ref> In 2021, Jitender Singh Shunty received India's prestigious award Padma Shri for his services during Covid crises.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-11-11\|title=Padma Shri Covid warrior Jitender Singh Shunty became 'family' for thousands - Oneindia\|url=https://www.oneindia.com/videos/padma-shri-covid-warrior-jitender-singh-shunty-became-family-for-thousands-1979370.html\|access-date=2021-11-30\|website=www.oneindia.com\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=news\|title=Jitendra Singh Shunti got Padma Shri who cremated thousands of dead bodies during Covid. Latest and Breaking News, India News, Political, Sports - Since Independence - Bharat Times English News\|url=https://eng.bharattimes.co.in/jitendra-singh-shunti-got-padma-shri-who-cremated-thousands-of-dead-bodies-during-covid-latest-and-breaking-news-india-news-political-sports-since-independence/\|access-date=2021-11-30\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhaskar {{!}}\|first=Sonia\|date=2021-11-11\|title=COVID Warrior Jitender Singh Shunty Dedicates His Padma Shri Award To Fellow Frontline Workers\|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/covid-warrior-jitender-singh-shunty-dedicates-his-padma-shri-award-to-fellow-frontline-workers-64554/\|access-date=2021-11-30\|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India\|language=en-US}}</ref> Jitender Singh Shunty Dedicates His Padma Shri Award To Fellow Frontline Workers.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhaskar {{!}}\|first=Sonia\|date=2021-11-11\|title=COVID Warrior Jitender Singh Shunty Dedicates His Padma Shri Award To Fellow Frontline Workers\|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/covid-warrior-jitender-singh-shunty-dedicates-his-padma-shri-award-to-fellow-frontline-workers-64554/\|access-date=2021-12-19\|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Awards and achievements==		==Awards and achievements==
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	*100 times Blood Donor World Record in World Book of Records<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://todayheadlinenews.com/national/donor-singh-jitender-singh-shunty-to-be-conferred-with-world-record-in-delhi/\|title=Donor Singh Jitender Singh Shunty to be conferred with world record in Delhi\|last=Kashyap\|first=Sahil\|date=20 August 2019\|language=en-US\|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>		*100 times Blood Donor World Record in World Book of Records<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://todayheadlinenews.com/national/donor-singh-jitender-singh-shunty-to-be-conferred-with-world-record-in-delhi/\|title=Donor Singh Jitender Singh Shunty to be conferred with world record in Delhi\|last=Kashyap\|first=Sahil\|date=20 August 2019\|language=en-US\|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>
	*Centurion Award by The National Blood Transfusion Council (Government of India) & Delhi State Blood Transfusion Council (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ismatimes.com/2019/08/donor-singh-jitender-singh-shunty-to-be-conferred-with-world-record/\|title=Donor Singh Jitender Singh Shunty to be Conferred with World Record {{!}} ISMA TIMES\|language=en-US\|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>		*Centurion Award by The National Blood Transfusion Council (Government of India) & Delhi State Blood Transfusion Council (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ismatimes.com/2019/08/donor-singh-jitender-singh-shunty-to-be-conferred-with-world-record/\|title=Donor Singh Jitender Singh Shunty to be Conferred with World Record {{!}} ISMA TIMES\|language=en-US\|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>
			*[[Padma Shri\|Padma Shri Award]] for social contribution during COVID.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Zompa\|first=Tenzin\|date=2021-11-12\|title=A 1996 incident at a crematorium that changed Padma Shri awardee Jitender Singh Shunty's life\|url=https://theprint.in/features/a-1996-incident-at-a-crematorium-that-changed-padma-shri-awardee-jitender-singh-shuntys-life/764608/\|access-date=2021-11-30\|website=ThePrint\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	\| spouse = ~~Manjeet Kaur Shunty~~		\| spouse =
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	'''Jitender Singh "Shunty"''' (born 1 August 1962), is an Indian politician and social worker. Shunty was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] from Bhartiya Janta Party in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/JitenderSinghShunty.htm\|title=Jitender Singh 'Shunty'\|website=delhiassembly.nic.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/jitender-shigh-shunty/\|title=Jitender Shigh Shunty MLA of Shahdara Delhi contact address & email\|website=nocorruption.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/WriteReadData/Affidavits/U05/SE/62/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY.htm\|title=General Election 2013 – Candidate's Affidavit AC No. & Name:62 – SHAHDARA\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=}}</ref> He is the founder of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal, an NGO that helps to cremate unclaimed bodies and immerse the ashes as guided by the Hindu and Sikh religion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thequint.com/photos/2017/02/18/in-photos-claiming-the-unclaimed-corpse-dead-body-cremation-shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-ngo\|title=In Photos: Providing Dignity to the Dead By Claiming the Unclaimed\|date=18 February 2017\|website=The Quint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Barnard\|first1=Catherine\|last2=Snell\|first2=Jukka\|date=September 2017\|title=14. Free movement of legal persons and the provision of services\|journal=Law Trove\|doi=10.1093/he/9780198789130.003.0014\|isbn=9780198789130}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/utility/yojanaye/delhi/news/shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-organized-the-144th-mass-blood-donation-camp-at-leela-ambience-convention-hotel-6041528.html\|title=शहीद भगत सिंह सेवा दल ने लीला एम्बिएंस कन्वेंशन होटल में 144 वें विशाल रक्तदान शिविर का किया आयोजन\|last=Tyagi\|first=Priyadarshni\|date=1 April 2019\|website=Dainik Bhaskar\|language=hi\|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>		'''Jitender Singh Shunty''' (born 1 August 1962), is an Indian politician and social worker. Shunty was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] from Bhartiya Janta Party in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/JitenderSinghShunty.htm\|title=Jitender Singh 'Shunty'\|website=delhiassembly.nic.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/jitender-shigh-shunty/\|title=Jitender Shigh Shunty MLA of Shahdara Delhi contact address & email\|website=nocorruption.in\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/WriteReadData/Affidavits/U05/SE/62/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY.htm\|title=General Election 2013 – Candidate's Affidavit AC No. & Name:62 – SHAHDARA\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=}}</ref> He is the founder of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal, an NGO that helps to cremate unclaimed bodies and immerse the ashes as guided by the Hindu and Sikh religion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thequint.com/photos/2017/02/18/in-photos-claiming-the-unclaimed-corpse-dead-body-cremation-shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-ngo\|title=In Photos: Providing Dignity to the Dead By Claiming the Unclaimed\|date=18 February 2017\|website=The Quint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Barnard\|first1=Catherine\|last2=Snell\|first2=Jukka\|date=September 2017\|title=14. Free movement of legal persons and the provision of services\|journal=Law Trove\|doi=10.1093/he/9780198789130.003.0014\|isbn=9780198789130}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/utility/yojanaye/delhi/news/shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-organized-the-144th-mass-blood-donation-camp-at-leela-ambience-convention-hotel-6041528.html\|title=शहीद भगत सिंह सेवा दल ने लीला एम्बिएंस कन्वेंशन होटल में 144 वें विशाल रक्तदान शिविर का किया आयोजन\|last=Tyagi\|first=Priyadarshni\|date=1 April 2019\|website=Dainik Bhaskar\|language=hi\|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>

	==Biography ==		==Biography ==
	Jitender Singh Shunty ~~was born to Pritpal Singh in Delhi. He was married to Mann kaur Shunty. Jitender~~ founded the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal in 1996.<ref name=":1" /> He started his career in politics as an independent councillor from Jhilmil ward in Delhi. However, he became a part of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]] in 2008 and contested for the councillor elections from Jhilmil ward of the East municipal corporation and won the elections.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/shunty-had-sought-police-security-a-year-ago-installed-cctv-cameras-at-home/\|title=Shunty had sought police security a year ago, installed CCTV cameras at home\|date=4 September 2014\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> He contested his first Delhi Assembly election in 2013,<ref name=":0" /> and won from the [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] constituency with 45,364 votes.<ref name=":2" />		Jitender Singh Shunty founded the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal in 1996.<ref name=":1" /> He started his career in politics as an independent councillor from Jhilmil ward in Delhi. However, he became a part of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP]] in 2008 and contested for the councillor elections from Jhilmil ward of the East municipal corporation and won the elections.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/shunty-had-sought-police-security-a-year-ago-installed-cctv-cameras-at-home/\|title=Shunty had sought police security a year ago, installed CCTV cameras at home\|date=4 September 2014\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> He contested his first Delhi Assembly election in 2013,<ref name=":0" /> and won from the [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)\|Shahdara]] constituency with 45,364 votes.<ref name=":2" />

	In September 2014, ~~He was shot by~~ an unidentified gunman~~. Shunty was able to dodge the bullet and remain unharmed~~. Shunty had been reportedly attacked twice before this in 2013 and 2007.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/firing-on-delhi-bjp-mla-jitendra-singh-shanti-1-778607.html\|title=दिल्ली के शाहदरा से बीजेपी विधायक जितेंद्र सिंह पर फायरिंग, बाल-बाल बचे\|website=aajtak.intoday.in\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.jagran.com/videos/news/national-politicos-condemn-attack-on-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-v4120.html\|title=BJP विधायक शंटी पर हमले की नेताओं ने की निंदा\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Dainik Jagran\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> The incident happened at his residence in Vivek Vihar in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/roSYVtWlAsZKEcLchSln0N/Gunman-opens-fire-at-Delhi-MLA-Jitender-Singh-Shunty.html\|title=Gunman opens fire at Delhi MLA Jitender Singh Shunty\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Mint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/caught-on-camera-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-shot-at-delhi-house-206910-2014-09-03\|title=Caught on Camera: BJP MLA Jitender Singh Shunty shot at in Delhi's Vivek Vihar, escapes unhurt\|date=3 September 2014\|website=India Today\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, Shunty filed an FIR against actor [[Naseeruddin Shah\|Nasiruddin Shah]] for his statement saying that he was worried ~~for~~ the security of his children in India<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodtadka.in/entertainment/news/jitender-singh-shunty-file-case-against-naseeruddin-shah-925066\|title=समाजसेवी जितेंद्र सिंह शंटी ने नसीरूद्दीन शाह के खिलाफ दर्ज करवाई शिकायत\|website=bollywoodtadka.in\|access-date=22 June 2019\|date=26 December 2018}}</ref>		In September 2014, an unidentified gunman shot at him but missed. Shunty had been reportedly attacked twice before this in 2013 and 2007.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/firing-on-delhi-bjp-mla-jitendra-singh-shanti-1-778607.html\|title=दिल्ली के शाहदरा से बीजेपी विधायक जितेंद्र सिंह पर फायरिंग, बाल-बाल बचे\|website=aajtak.intoday.in\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.jagran.com/videos/news/national-politicos-condemn-attack-on-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-v4120.html\|title=BJP विधायक शंटी पर हमले की नेताओं ने की निंदा\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Dainik Jagran\|language=hi\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> The incident happened at his residence in Vivek Vihar in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/roSYVtWlAsZKEcLchSln0N/Gunman-opens-fire-at-Delhi-MLA-Jitender-Singh-Shunty.html\|title=Gunman opens fire at Delhi MLA Jitender Singh Shunty\|date=3 September 2014\|website=Mint\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/caught-on-camera-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-shot-at-delhi-house-206910-2014-09-03\|title=Caught on Camera: BJP MLA Jitender Singh Shunty shot at in Delhi's Vivek Vihar, escapes unhurt\|date=3 September 2014\|website=India Today\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, Shunty filed an FIR against actor [[Naseeruddin Shah\|Nasiruddin Shah]] for his statement saying that he was worried about the security of his children in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodtadka.in/entertainment/news/jitender-singh-shunty-file-case-against-naseeruddin-shah-925066\|title=समाजसेवी जितेंद्र सिंह शंटी ने नसीरूद्दीन शाह के खिलाफ दर्ज करवाई शिकायत\|website=bollywoodtadka.in\|access-date=22 June 2019\|date=26 December 2018}}</ref>

	==~~Award~~ and achievements==		==Awards and achievements==

	* 'First Sikh in the world to donate blood 100 times' and the title of 'Donor Singh', awarded by Delhi State Blood Transfusion Council<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/jun/19/mp-gambhir-felicitates-sikh-social-worker-for-donating-blood-100-times-1992257.html\|title=Delhi: MP Gautam Gambhir felicitates Sikh social worker for donating blood 100 times\|website=The New Indian Express\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref>		* 'First Sikh in the world to donate blood 100 times' and the title of 'Donor Singh', awarded by Delhi State Blood Transfusion Council<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/jun/19/mp-gambhir-felicitates-sikh-social-worker-for-donating-blood-100-times-1992257.html\|title=Delhi: MP Gautam Gambhir felicitates Sikh social worker for donating blood 100 times\|website=The New Indian Express\|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref>
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'''Jitender Singh "Shunty"''' (born 1 August 1962), is an Indian politician and social worker. Shunty was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Shahdara]] from Bhartiya Janta Party in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/JitenderSinghShunty.htm|title=Jitender Singh 'Shunty'|website=delhiassembly.nic.in|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/jitender-shigh-shunty/|title=Jitender Shigh Shunty MLA of Shahdara Delhi contact address & email|website=nocorruption.in|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ceodelhi.gov.in/OnlineERMS/WriteReadData/Affidavits/U05/SE/62/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY/4-JITENDER%20SINGH%20SHUNTY.htm|title=General Election 2013 – Candidate's Affidavit AC No. & Name:62 – SHAHDARA|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> He is the founder of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal, an NGO that helps to cremate unclaimed bodies and immerse the ashes as guided by the Hindu and Sikh religion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/photos/2017/02/18/in-photos-claiming-the-unclaimed-corpse-dead-body-cremation-shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-ngo|title=In Photos: Providing Dignity to the Dead By Claiming the Unclaimed|date=18 February 2017|website=The Quint|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Barnard|first1=Catherine|last2=Snell|first2=Jukka|date=September 2017|title=14. Free movement of legal persons and the provision of services|journal=Law Trove|doi=10.1093/he/9780198789130.003.0014|isbn=9780198789130}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/utility/yojanaye/delhi/news/shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-organized-the-144th-mass-blood-donation-camp-at-leela-ambience-convention-hotel-6041528.html|title=शहीद भगत सिंह सेवा दल ने लीला एम्बिएंस कन्वेंशन होटल में 144 वें विशाल रक्तदान शिविर का किया आयोजन|last=Tyagi|first=Priyadarshni|date=1 April 2019|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>

==Biography ==
Jitender Singh Shunty was born to Pritpal Singh in Delhi. He was married to Mann kaur Shunty. Jitender founded the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal in 1996.<ref name=":1" /> He started his career in politics as an independent councillor from Jhilmil ward in Delhi. However, he became a part of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2008 and contested for the councillor elections from Jhilmil ward of the East municipal corporation and won the elections.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/shunty-had-sought-police-security-a-year-ago-installed-cctv-cameras-at-home/|title=Shunty had sought police security a year ago, installed CCTV cameras at home|date=4 September 2014|website=The Indian Express|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> He contested his first Delhi Assembly election in 2013,<ref name=":0" /> and won from the [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Shahdara]] constituency with 45,364 votes.<ref name=":2" />

In September 2014, He was shot by an unidentified gunman. Shunty was able to dodge the bullet and remain unharmed. Shunty had been reportedly attacked twice before this in 2013 and 2007.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/firing-on-delhi-bjp-mla-jitendra-singh-shanti-1-778607.html|title=दिल्ली के शाहदरा से बीजेपी विधायक जितेंद्र सिंह पर फायरिंग, बाल-बाल बचे|website=aajtak.intoday.in|language=hi|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/videos/news/national-politicos-condemn-attack-on-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-v4120.html|title=BJP विधायक शंटी पर हमले की नेताओं ने की निंदा|date=3 September 2014|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> The incident happened at his residence in Vivek Vihar in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/roSYVtWlAsZKEcLchSln0N/Gunman-opens-fire-at-Delhi-MLA-Jitender-Singh-Shunty.html|title=Gunman opens fire at Delhi MLA Jitender Singh Shunty|date=3 September 2014|website=Mint|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/caught-on-camera-bjp-mla-jitender-singh-shunty-shot-at-delhi-house-206910-2014-09-03|title=Caught on Camera: BJP MLA Jitender Singh Shunty shot at in Delhi's Vivek Vihar, escapes unhurt|date=3 September 2014|website=India Today|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, Shunty filed an FIR against actor [[Naseeruddin Shah|Nasiruddin Shah]] for his statement saying that he was worried for the security of his children in India<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodtadka.in/entertainment/news/jitender-singh-shunty-file-case-against-naseeruddin-shah-925066|title=समाजसेवी जितेंद्र सिंह शंटी ने नसीरूद्दीन शाह के खिलाफ दर्ज करवाई शिकायत|website=bollywoodtadka.in|access-date=22 June 2019|date=26 December 2018}}</ref>

==Award and achievements==

* 'First Sikh in the world to donate blood 100 times' and the title of 'Donor Singh', awarded by Delhi State Blood Transfusion Council<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/jun/19/mp-gambhir-felicitates-sikh-social-worker-for-donating-blood-100-times-1992257.html|title=Delhi: MP Gautam Gambhir felicitates Sikh social worker for donating blood 100 times|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref>
* ISBTI- Chapter award for donating blood 70 times<ref name=":0" />
*100 times Blood Donor World Record in World Book of Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://todayheadlinenews.com/national/donor-singh-jitender-singh-shunty-to-be-conferred-with-world-record-in-delhi/|title=Donor Singh Jitender Singh Shunty to be conferred with world record in Delhi|last=Kashyap|first=Sahil|date=20 August 2019|language=en-US|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>
*Centurion Award by The National Blood Transfusion Council (Government of India) & Delhi State Blood Transfusion Council (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ismatimes.com/2019/08/donor-singh-jitender-singh-shunty-to-be-conferred-with-world-record/|title=Donor Singh Jitender Singh Shunty to be Conferred with World Record {{!}} ISMA TIMES|language=en-US|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[Shahdara (Delhi Assembly constituency)]]

== References ==
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