New Delhi:
The Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) has fielded Saurabh Bhardwaj from the Higher Kailash (GK) seat within the Delhi Meeting elections scheduled for February 2025. Mr Bharadwaj, a three-time MLA, is the minister for well being, city improvement, water and industries in Delhi.
5 information about Saurabh Bharadwaj:
1) Saurabh Bhardwaj was born and raised in Delhi. He’s a pc science engineer and a legislation graduate from Osmania College. Mr Bhardwaj’s political journey started in 2013 when he was first elected to the Delhi Meeting from the Higher Kailash seat. He was entrusted with a number of essential portfolios, together with meals & provide, transport and surroundings in what was a 49-day authorities led by Arvind Kejriwal.
2) Within the 2015 Delhi Meeting elections, Mr Bhardwaj defeated BJP’s Rakesh Kumar Gullaiya. He was not retained as a cupboard minister throughout Arvind Kejriwal’s first full five-year time period because the Delhi Chief Minister.
3) The engineer-turned-politician remained a outstanding face in AAP, representing the get together as a spokesperson throughout tv debates. In Might 2017, on the ground of the Delhi Meeting, Saurabh Bhardwaj used an digital voting machine (EVM) prototype to reveal they might be hacked utilizing a “secret code”. The legislator confirmed how votes forged for AAP might purportedly be transferred to the BJP. Whereas these claims stirred vital debate, they have been in the end refuted by the Election Fee. Mr Bhardwaj and his get together known as EVMs a “risk to democracy” and pushed for better transparency within the electoral course of.
4) In 2020, Mr Bhardwaj was re-elected from GK for the third time. He defeated BJP’s Shikha Roy by a margin of 16809 votes. On March 9, 2023, Mr Bhardwaj was sworn in as a Minister within the Delhi authorities after the resignation of Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption and cash laundering instances. He has since been in command of well being, city improvement, water and industries.
5) In October 2024, an FIR was filed in opposition to Saurabh Bhardwaj and three AAP MLAs following a row over the reinstatement of bus marshals. The grievance was made by Chief of Opposition, Vijender Gupta, accusing the AAP MLAs of misbehaviour. The incident occurred after BJP MLAs submitted a memorandum on the difficulty.