Ashok Tanwar
Ashok Tanwar (born 12 February 1976) is an Indian politician, former President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, Member of Parliament from 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.[1]
Ashok Tanwar | |
|---|---|
| MP of Lok Sabha from Sirsa | |
| In office 2009 - 2014 | |
| Constituency | Sirsa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1976 Haryana, India |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Avantika Maken ( m. 2005) |
| Children | 2, including Adikarta Tanwar |
| Parent(s) | Dilbag Singh |
| Residence | Haryana |
| Education | M.A.(History), M.Phil (History), Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Educated at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi |
Early lifeEdit
He was born in a chamar caste to a family of farmer[2] in Chimni, Jhajjar district, Haryana to Dilbag Singh and Krishna Rathi.[3][4] He did his BA from the Kakatiya University, Warangal. He went to Jawaharlal Nehru University's centre for Historical studies and completed his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Medieval Indian History).
Political careerEdit
Tanwar started his career as an activist of the NSUI in JNU.
Youth politicsEdit
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.[5]
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 electionsEdit
In 2009 he won the Lok Sabha elections from Sirsa in Haryana as a Congress party's candidate with a margin of 35499 votes.[6][7][8] However he lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as Congress Party's candidate to Charanjeet Singh Rori of Indian National Lok Dal.[9]
President of Haryana Pradesh Congress CommitteeEdit
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 the Indian National Congress on 5 October 2019.[10]
Personal lifeEdit
In June 2005, Ashok Tanwar married Avantika Maken, daughter of Lalit Maken and maternal granddaughter of former Indian President, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. They have three children, two sons and one daughter, Anirudh, Adikarta and Abhistada.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Rahul’s backroom boys and a girl
- ↑ Rift between Bhupinder Hooda and Ashok Tanwar worries Haryana Congress, newindianexpress.com, 22 January 2018.
- ↑ "Ashok Tanwar attacked for being Dalit: Haryana min". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ↑ "Ashok Tanwar: Keeping promises is the biggest task". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ↑ Tanwar New Youth Congress Chief
- ↑ Sirsa Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabha
- ↑ Youth Congress chief gets Cong ticket from Sirsa
- ↑ "Congress wins nine out of 10 seats in Haryana". Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ↑ Rori trounces Tanwar in Sirsa
- ↑ "Congress now anti-thesis of democracy: Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar resigns". India Today. Retrieved 28 October 2019.