Rajendra Pal Gautam

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Rajendra Pal Gautam
Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi
Assumed office
14 February 2015
Lieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung
Anil Baijal
Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal
Minister for
  • Social welfare
  • SC & ST
  • Cooperative
  • Gurudwara Elections
  • Women & Child
Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
Feb 2015
Preceded byDharmender Singh
ConstituencySeemapuri
Personal details
Born (1968-04-26) 26 April 1968 (age 55)
Ghonda, Delhi, India
CitizenshipIndian
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Parent(s)Dalip Singh (father)
ResidenceNew Delhi
Alma materDelhi University
ProfessionAdvocate & Politician

Rajendra Pal Gautam is an Indian politician and the Minister for Water, Tourist, Culture, Arts & Languages and Gurudwara Elections in the Government of Delhi. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Seemapuri assembly constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.[1][2]


About his life
Rajendra Pal Gautam was born in Ghonda area of north-eastern district of Delhi. Along with taking a law degree from the University of Delhi, he did the job of providing free education to about 450 children of poor families and reducing addiction among the youth.

In 1987, fighting for the rights of Dalits and Backwards in the whole country became a soldier of Samata Sainik Dal established by Baba Saheb Ambedkar. In 2001, the Samata Sainik Dal was given the Dr. Ambedkar Ratna Award by the Delhi Government.

In view of the deep grip and belligerent tendencies in society, in 2002, the responsibility of the National General Secretary of the party was entrusted, which was executed for eight years. Gautam ji done for Dalits & nbsp; Due to conflict, His Excellency Mr. President recently conferred the Samata Sainik Dal Dr. Ambedkar Ratna Award in 2017 & nbsp; .

Not only this, the Samata Sainik Dal had a special contribution in declaring the 26-Alipur road as a national monument. & Nbsp; Impressed by the ideology of Arvind ji in 2014, the Aam Aadmi Party got active in the party and was elected MLA from Limbari Assembly in 2015. Currently, as Cabinet Minister in the Government of Delhi, the Social Welfare Ministry, the Scheduled Caste / Tribal Ministry, the Registrar of Co-operative Societies and the Gurdwara Elections are handling the charge.

Early life and education[edit]

Gautam was born in Delhi. He holds an LL.B. degree from Delhi University and is an advocate by profession.[3] He is an Ambedkarite and Buddhist activist.[4][5][6][7][8]

Political career[edit]

A member of the Aam Aadmi Party, Gautam's term as an MLA in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi is his first. He defeated Karamvir of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 48,821 votes in the 2015 elections.[9]

Posts Held[edit]

# From To Position Comments
01 2015 - Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi

Controversy[edit]

In May 2020, he was criticised by the Indian Army for sharing a video curated & circulated by enemy agents.[10][11][12] He took the video down later.[13][14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Election result". Election commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cabinet Ministers". delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Brief profile". myneta.info. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Misinformation being spread, not pulling down Ambedkar statue: AAP".
  5. ↑ "B R Ambedkar was instrumental in shaping legal rights of women in India". 6 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "In the Name of God & Martyrs of Freedom Struggle: Kejriwal's Ministers Take Oath in different Ways". 16 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Committed to values of Ambedkar, will not pull down his statue: AAP minister".
  8. ↑ "Kejriwal's ministers go by their choice, take oath in different ways". The Economic Times.
  9. ↑ "Comprehensive Election results". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Army 'strongly condemns' tweeting of 'curated' video".
  11. ↑ https://archive.today/JAZVw
  12. ↑ "Delhi Minister Shares Pakistani Propaganda Video Against Indian Army". 11 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Army 'strongly condemns' tweeting of 'curated' video".
  14. ↑ @AdvRajendraPal (11 May 2020). "इस ट्वीट को डिलीट किया जा चुका है, इसी निवेदन के साथ की ऐसी किसी भी घटना के सामने आने पर सरकार और संबंधित लोग तुरंत…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
? 		Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
from Seemapuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2020– 		Incumbent


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