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{{Short description|Indian politician from Punjab}}
{{Short description|Indian politician from Punjab}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shri Bharat Bhushan Ashu
| name = Shri Bharat Bhushan Ashu
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| office = Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]]
| office = Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]]
| term_start = 2021
| term_start = 2021
| term_end =  
| term_end = 2022
| predecessor =  
| predecessor =  
| successor =  
| successor =  
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| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| term_start2 = 2012
| term_start2 = 2012
| term_end2 = 2017
| term_end2 = 2022
| predecessor2 =  
| predecessor2 =  
| successor2 =  
| successor2 = [[Gurpreet Gogi]]
| constituency3 =  
| constituency3 =
| office3 =
| office3 = Municipal Sub Councillor  
| term_start3= 2017 – present
| term_start3 = 1997<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |last1=Service |first1=Tribune News |title=Ashu has ‘perfect’ support system in councillor wife |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/ashu-has-perfect-support-system-in-councillor-wife-353181 |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=Tribuneindia News Service }}</ref> – 2002 <br> 2002–2007 <br> 2007–2012
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| office4 = Municipal Sub Councillor  
| term_start4 = 1997<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |last1=Service |first1=Tribune News |title=Ashu has ‘perfect’ support system in councillor wife |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/ashu-has-perfect-support-system-in-councillor-wife-353181 |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=Tribuneindia News Service }}</ref> – 2002 <br> 2002–2007 <br> 2007–2012
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =  
| religion =  
}}
}}
'''Bharat Bhushan Ashu''' (born March 20, 1971) is an [[Indian National Congress]] politician from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He is two-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] representing the [[Ludhiana West Assembly Constituency]] and currently, he is Cabinet Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]].
'''Bharat Bhushan Ashu''' (born March 20, 1971) is an [[Indian National Congress]] politician from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He is two-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] representing the [[Ludhiana West Assembly Constituency]] and he was Cabinet Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]].


==Political career==
==Political career==
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In the year 2012, he was allotted a ticket of the [[Indian National Congress]] to contest from Ludhiana West Vidhan Sabha constituency and he becomes the Deputy CLP leader in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.<ref>{{cite news |title=2017 Ludhiana West - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates |url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/punjab/ludhiana-west/ |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=India.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=LUDHIANA WEST Election Result 2017, Winner, LUDHIANA WEST MLA, Punjab |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/punjab/ludhiana-west-mla-results |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=[[NDTV.com]] }}</ref>
In the year 2012, he was allotted a ticket of the [[Indian National Congress]] to contest from Ludhiana West Vidhan Sabha constituency and he becomes the Deputy CLP leader in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.<ref>{{cite news |title=2017 Ludhiana West - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates |url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/punjab/ludhiana-west/ |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=India.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=LUDHIANA WEST Election Result 2017, Winner, LUDHIANA WEST MLA, Punjab |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/punjab/ludhiana-west-mla-results |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=[[NDTV.com]] }}</ref>


Again in the year 2017, he defeated Ahbaab Grewal of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] with a margin of 36,521 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=लुधियाना के 14 जिलों में आशु की सबसे बढ़ी जीत, भाजपा का नहीं खुला खाता |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/PUN-LUD-HMU-congress-candidate-bharat-bhushan-ashu-won-by-36-thousand-votes-news-hindi-5548915-NOR.html |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=12 March 2017 |language=hi}}</ref> Presently he is the Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab.<ref>{{cite web |title=PUNJAB FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES & CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT VOWS TO START STATE-WIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2019 {{!}} Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, India ਸੂਚਨਾ ਤੇ ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ ,ਭਾਰਤ |url=http://diprpunjab.gov.in/?q=content/punjab-food-civil-supplies-consumer-affairs-department-vows-start-state-wide-awareness |website=diprpunjab.gov.in |accessdate=18 January 2020}}</ref>
Again in the year 2017, he defeated Ahbaab Grewal of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] with a margin of 36,521 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=लुधियाना के 14 जिलों में आशु की सबसे बढ़ी जीत, भाजपा का नहीं खुला खाता |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/PUN-LUD-HMU-congress-candidate-bharat-bhushan-ashu-won-by-36-thousand-votes-news-hindi-5548915-NOR.html |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=12 March 2017 |language=hi}}</ref> He was the Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab.<ref>{{cite web |title=PUNJAB FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES & CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT VOWS TO START STATE-WIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2019 {{!}} Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, India ਸੂਚਨਾ ਤੇ ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ ,ਭਾਰਤ |url=http://diprpunjab.gov.in/?q=content/punjab-food-civil-supplies-consumer-affairs-department-vows-start-state-wide-awareness |website=diprpunjab.gov.in |accessdate=18 January 2020}}</ref>
 
In 2022, he lost the election from [[Ludhiana West Assembly Constituency|Ludhiana West]] to AAP Candidate Gurpreet Bassi Gogi by more than 7500 votes <ref>{{cite web |title= Election Commission of India webpage result constituency wise all candidates |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS1964.htm?ac=64  |work=[[Election Commission of India]] }}</ref>
 
== Controversies ==
 
Ashu had been continuously criticised for his bad temper, arrogance and misbehaviour :
 
On January 2019, Ashu was publicly seen and captured by media while misbehaving with female officer in a public function.<ref>{{cite news |title= Video capture of Bharat Bhushan Ashu misbehaving with female officer in a public function |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJq7hrz8Cm4 |work=Danik Sawera }}</ref>
 
On February 2019, Audio recordings of Ashu threatening and blackmailing the then DSP & Superintending engineer of Improvement trust went viral.<ref>{{cite news |title= Audio Recordings of Bharat Bhushan Ashu Threatening and Misbehaving with government officials |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJe9UPBHjw |work=Punjab Kesari TV }}</ref>
 
On October 2019, Ashu was blamed for thrashing his own party's volunteer during a by-election preparations.<ref>{{cite news |title= News coverage  |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs0dB8zMJps |work= News18 Punjab/Haryana/Himachal }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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