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'''Rajesh Garg''', sometimes known as '''Rajesh Garg Rohiniwala''', is an [[India]]n politician.<ref name="DeccanChronicle" | '''Rajesh Garg''', sometimes known as '''Rajesh Garg Rohiniwala''', is an [[India]]n politician.<ref name="DeccanChronicle">{{Cite news |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131210/news-current-affairs/gallery/meet-aam-aadmi-party-aap-winners-politicians-difference |title=Meet Aam Aadmi Party winners: Politicians with a difference |date=10 December 2013 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> He was elected a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Rohini (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rohini constituency]] in the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]s. He is also a [[Right to Information]] activist.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/arvind-kejriwals-aam-aadmi-party-gets-bheem-boost-for-delhi-polls-533919 |title=Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party gets 'Bheem' boost for Delhi polls |date=7 September 2013 |work=[[NDTV]] |access-date=27 December 2017 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |location=[[New Delhi]]}}<br>- {{Cite video |url=http://www.news18.com/videos/politics/aap-winners-losers-pkg-655234.html |title=Delhi elections: The 'novices' of AAP are now giant killers |date=10 December 2013|last=Upreti |first=Meenakshi |type= |website=News18}}</ref> | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
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Garg's wife fought an election on the Congress ticket. In spite of being a Congress member, he took part in the Jan Lokpal Andolan.<ref name="DeccanChronicle"/> | Garg's wife fought an election on the Congress ticket. In spite of being a Congress member, he took part in the Jan Lokpal Andolan.<ref name="DeccanChronicle"/> | ||
[[Aam Aadmi Party]] suspended Garg when he released an audio tape featuring [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. He alleged that Kejriwal's men used to call him and other MLAs, pretending to be leaders from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and asking for support.<ref>{{Cite video |url=http://www.news18.com/videos/politics/aap-fake-calls-rajesh-gargrupashree-978317.html |title=Kejriwal gave consent for phone calls to AAP MLAs offering money to support BJP: Ex party leader |date=31 March 2015 |last=Nanda |first=Rupashree |type= |website=News18}}<br>- {{Cite web |url=http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/03/31/article543572.ece/Kejriwal%E2%80%99s-men-used-to-call-up-offering-money-to-support-BJP-Rajesh-Garg |title= | [[Aam Aadmi Party]] suspended Garg when he released an audio tape featuring [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. He alleged that Kejriwal's men used to call him and other MLAs, pretending to be leaders from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and asking for support.<ref>{{Cite video |url=http://www.news18.com/videos/politics/aap-fake-calls-rajesh-gargrupashree-978317.html |title=Kejriwal gave consent for phone calls to AAP MLAs offering money to support BJP: Ex party leader |date=31 March 2015 |last=Nanda |first=Rupashree |type= |website=News18}}<br>- {{Cite web |url=http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/03/31/article543572.ece/Kejriwal%E2%80%99s-men-used-to-call-up-offering-money-to-support-BJP-Rajesh-Garg |title=Kejriwal's men used to call up offering money to support BJP: Rajesh Garg|website=ABP Live|date=31 March 2015 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731033019/http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/03/31/article543572.ece/Kejriwal%E2%80%99s-men-used-to-call-up-offering-money-to-support-BJP-Rajesh-Garg |archive-date=8 March 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:59, 15 December 2021
Rajesh Garg, sometimes known as Rajesh Garg Rohiniwala, is an Indian politician.[1] He was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Rohini constituency in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. He is also a Right to Information activist.[2]
Political career[edit | edit source]
While a student at the University of Delhi, Garg was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student and youth wing of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He left ABVP to join a student leader who had left the National Students' Union of India, the student and youth wing of the Indian National Congress in the same year, to form a Chhatra Morcha, in order to contest Delhi University Students' Union elections. Garg was elected president.[citation needed]
Garg's wife fought an election on the Congress ticket. In spite of being a Congress member, he took part in the Jan Lokpal Andolan.[1] Aam Aadmi Party suspended Garg when he released an audio tape featuring Arvind Kejriwal. He alleged that Kejriwal's men used to call him and other MLAs, pretending to be leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party and asking for support.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Meet Aam Aadmi Party winners: Politicians with a difference". Deccan Chronicle. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ↑ "Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party gets 'Bheem' boost for Delhi polls". NDTV. New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- Upreti, Meenakshi (10 December 2013). Delhi elections: The 'novices' of AAP are now giant killers. News18. - ↑ Nanda, Rupashree (31 March 2015). Kejriwal gave consent for phone calls to AAP MLAs offering money to support BJP: Ex party leader. News18.
- "Kejriwal's men used to call up offering money to support BJP: Rajesh Garg". ABP Live. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2015.{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 31 July 2015 suggested (help)