Raghav Chadha: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{More footnotes|date=January 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}  

| constituency2 = [[Rajinder Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajinder Nagar]]

| office2          = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly]]

| term_start2          = 12 February 2020

| term_end2            =  

| predecessor2        = [[Vijender Garg Vijay]]

| successor2         =  

| office1             = [[Delhi Jal Board#Vice Chairman|Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board]]

| chairman1 = [[Satyender Jain]]

| term_start1      = 2 March 2020<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/india/aap-mla-raghav-chadha-appointed-delhi-jal-board-vice-chairman-2522837.html</ref><ref>http://www.delhijalboard.nic.in/sites/default/files/All-PDF/PR_RC_03.03.2020_E_0.pdf</ref>

| term_end1        =  

| predecessor1      = [[Dinesh Mohaniya]]

| successor1        =  

| alma_mater          = [[University of Delhi]]<br>[[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]

| profession          = [[Chartered accountant]]

| known_for          = Spokespersons of AAP<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Spokespersons|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/official-spokespersons|publisher=Aam Aadmi Party|access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Raghav Chadha, AAP ka cute quotient - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Meet-Raghav-Chadha-AAP-ka-cute-quotient/articleshow/46296450.cms|work=Times of India|date=19 February 2015}}</ref>

| website            = [https://www.raghavchadha.in Official Website]

He was unanimously voted into the party's National Executive Committee. He was appointed as the in charge for South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency for the general elections in 2019 which he lost.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|date=8 April 2018|title=AAP scouting candidates for Lok Sabha polls: Atishi Marlena, Raghav Chadha and Dilip Pandey probables|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/aap-scouting-candidates-for-ls-polls-atishi-marlena-raghav-chadha-and-dilip-pandey-probables-5129062/}}</ref>

Post 2020 elections, Mr.Chadha was given the post of Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Feb 28|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=10:24|title=Rajendra Nagar MLA Raghav Chadha appointed DJB vice-chairman {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/chadha-appointed-djb-vice-chairman/articleshow/74346334.cms|access-date=2021-06-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Based on his proactive work as an MLA and as a Vice Chairman of Delhi Jal Board, he was given additional responsibility and was appointed as the co-incharge of AAP's Punjab unit along with MLA of Tilak Nagar [[Jarnail Singh (politician, born 1981)|Jarnail Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-21|title=AAP's Raghav Chadha appointed as party's co- incharge of Punjab unit ahead of polls|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/aap-s-raghav-chadha-appointed-as-party-s-co-incharge-of-punjab-unit-ahead-of-polls/story-Tw4PGWJtqx0UjRlyYsL5wM.html|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==

Born on 11 November 1988 and raised in New Delhi, Chadha received his school education from the capital city's Modern School, Barakhamba Road and graduated from University of Delhi (DU). He then pursued Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India, post which he went to the ‘London School of Economics’ for a certification course of EMBA. In his early career he worked with accountancy firms including Deloitte and Grand Thornton. He was setting up a boutique wealth management company in England (London) & in India (Delhi) when the ‘[[India Against Corruption]]’ (IAC) movement began to take its course in India. He found his calling and came to join the Anna movement.

When AAP won the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]] with a thumping majority, Chadha at the age of 26 was appointed as AAP's national treasurer.  In April 2018, the then Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, terminated his appointment as an advisor to Sisodia along with 9 other advisors.

In 2018, he contested from the South Delhi Parliamentary constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He lost in the elections to the BJP candidate, Ramesh Bidhuri by over 200,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/lok-sabha-election-result-in-south-delhi-bjp-marches-ahead-aaps-raghav-chadha-distant-second-6690321.html|title = Lok Sabha Election result: In South Delhi, BJP marches ahead, AAP's Raghav Chadha distant second-Politics News , Firstpost|date = 23 May 2019}}</ref> In February 2020, he contested from the Rajendra Nagar constituency in 2020 Delhi Assembly and won against BJP's candidate RP Singh.  Following the elections he was appointed as vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and assigned the water portfolio in the Delhi  Government.

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