Raghav Chadha: Difference between revisions

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

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

| term_start2          = 12 February 2020

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| predecessor2        = [[Vijender Garg Vijay]]

| successor2         =  

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

| 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#India|Chartered Accountant]]

'''Raghav Chadha''' is an Indian politician and member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]. He is the Vice Chairman of the [[Delhi Jal Board]] and an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from the [[Rajendra Nagar, Delhi|Rajendra Nagar]] assembly constituency in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi's water supply situation to improve soon: Jal Board VC Raghav Chadha |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhis-water-supply-situation-to-improve-soon-jal-board-vc-raghav-chadha-11626358626993.html |access-date=29 October 2021 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|LiveMint]] |date=15 July 2021}}</ref> He is also a practising [[Chartered_accountant#India|chartered accountant]].<ref>{{cite web |title=WHO IS RAGHAV CHADHA |url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-raghav-chadha |publisher=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref>

 

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.

In 2019, he contested from the [[South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) | South Delhi Parliamentary Constituency]] in the [[2019 Indian General election | 2019 Lok Sabha elections]]. He lost in the elections to the [[BJP]] candidate, [[Ramesh Bidhuri]].<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 [[Rajinder Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajendra Nagar]]

in [[2020 Delhi legislative assembly elections ]] 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.

In January 2022, ahead of the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], a ruckus broke out at Chadha's press conference in [[Jalandhar]] over ticket distribution among AAP workers who began fighting with each other, even surrounding Chadha and beating him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/punjab-assembly-polls-2022/story/ruckus-during-aap-leader-raghav-chadha-s-press-conference-in-jalandhar-over-ticket-distribution-1897414-2022-01-07|title=Ruckus in AAP leader Raghav Chadha's press conference in Jalandhar over ticket distribution|date=7 January 2022|website=India Today|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/jalandhar/unhappy-over-ticket-distribution-raghav-chadha-shown-black-flags-7712388/|title=Punjab: Unhappy over ticket distribution, Raghav Chadha shown black flags|date=8 January 2022|website=India Today|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>

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