Aam Aadmi Celebration chief Satyendar Jain will contest the upcoming Delhi Meeting elections from the Shakur Basti constituency. AAP introduced Mr Jain’s candidature as a part of its fourth and remaining listing of 38 candidates for the polls, due in February.
An architect by career, Satyendar Jain resigned from his place on the Central Public Works Division (CPWD). A local of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, Mr Jain is a widely known social employee who has supported causes like constructing a facility for Drishti, an organisation for visually impaired ladies in Chitrakoot.
Satyendar Jain participated in Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal motion, the place he met Arvind Kejriwal, and went on to turn into one of the vital necessary members of the AAP.
In 2013, driving on an anti-incumbency wave, the AAP secured a historic win in Delhi, dismantling Congress’ 15-year rule. Satyendar Jain gained the Shakur Basti constituency, defeating BJP’s Shyam Lal Garg. Mr Jain served as Delhi’s well being minister and likewise oversaw a number of portfolios, equivalent to industries, energy, and concrete improvement, throughout his three phrases in workplace.
As well being minister, he launched key reforms in Delhi’s healthcare system, together with AAP’s flagship scheme of mohalla clinics, incomes widespread recognition.
In Might 2022, Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged cash laundering case. The case stems from a 2017 FIR, the place Mr Jain was accused of laundering cash by way of 4 firms linked to him. The ED had connected properties price Rs 4.81 crore, together with these tied to Mr Jain’s firms and his household’s property. The ED chargesheet alleged that Mr Jain used hawala funds to buy agricultural land in and round Delhi. The AAP dismissed the allegations as baseless. After over two years in jail, Mr Jain was granted bail in October 2024.