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Avtar Singh Bhadana
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
March 2017 – March 2022
Preceded byJamil Ahmad Qasmi
Succeeded byChandan Chauhan
ConstituencyMeerapur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byRam Chander Bainda
Succeeded byKrishan Pal Gurjar
ConstituencyFaridabad
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byAmar Pal Singh
Succeeded byMohd. Shahid Akhlaque
ConstituencyMeerut
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byBhajan Lal
Succeeded byRam Chander Bainda
ConstituencyFaridabad
Personal details
Born (1957-12-17) 17 December 1957 (age 66)
Anangpur Faridabad , India
Political partyIndian National Congress (Since May 2024)[1]
Other political
affiliations
INC (1988-2014),(2019-2022)
INLD (2014-16)
BJP (2016-19)
Spouse
Mamta Bhadana
(m. 1985)
RelationsKartar Singh Bhadana (brother)
ChildrenArjun Bhadana (son)
Ekta Bhadana (daughter)
Alma mater8th pass
OccupationPolitician

Avtar Singh Bhadana (born 17 December 1957) is an Indian politician from Faridabad in Haryana. He is a former Minister in Haryana, former MP and former MLA of Uttar Pradesh representing the Meerapur Assembly constituency as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2][3] He has formerly been a member of the Lok Sabha for 4 terms.[4]

He has won from Faridabad Lok Sabha in the year 1991, 2004 and 2009 and Meerut Lok Sabha in 1999. He was defeated by Krishan Pal Gurjar in 2014 and 2019 consecutively.

Early life

Avatar Singh Bhadana was born on 17 December 1957 in Gurjar family in Anangpur village in Faridabad district of Haryana. His father was Nahar Singh and his mother was Ramphali Devi. Kartar Singh Bhadana is his brother.

Politics

When he was 34, he became the Member of Parliament for Faridabad. Bhadana started his political career at a very young age and also became a minister in the Haryana government while he was also an MLA and MP for six months in the Devi Lal government.[citation needed]

He is the longest serving Lok Sabha MP from Gurjar Caste. The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, also apologized to him in Court for claiming that Bhadana was one of the most corrupt politicians in the country.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ex-MP Avtar Singh Bhadana joins Cong, to campaign for party's Faridabad, Gurugram LS candidates". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Meerapur Election Results 2017, Winner and Runner-up, Candidate list". www.elections.in. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Find out who is contesting from Meerapur, Uttar Pradesh". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Faridabad ex-MP to contest UP assembly polls". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. ^ "मानहानि केस में बैकफुट पर अरविंद केजरीवाल, दिल्ली HC में मांगी माफी". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 March 2021.