Virender Singh Kadian
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Virender Singh Kadian | |
|---|---|
| Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Surinder Singh |
| Constituency | Delhi Cantt |
| Municipal Counsel in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) New Delhi | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Alma mater | Kurukshetra University |
| Website | Official Website |
Virendar Singh Kadian is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a member of Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi from Delhi Cantt. He works as Municipal Counsel in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) New Delhi.
Early life
[edit]Virender Singh Kadian was born on 4 February 1975 in Dubaldhan (Bidhian) village in District Jhajjar in Haryana. He was born in a middle-class family with army background. He is the eldest son.
His initial education was from Army School Bagdogra (West Bengal), Vaish Public School and Saint Thomas School Rohtak. He graduated from Osmania University Hyderabad with a Post Graduate Degree in Public Administration from Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak. He holds Bachelor in Laws (LL.B.) from Mumbai university, Master in Law (LL.M.) from Kurukshetra University and Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Drafting from Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.
Career
[edit]He served as a sergeant in the Indian Air Force.
He is a social worker and politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is an appointed Member of Rajya Sainik Board of Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Treasurer of Governing Body of Moti Lal Nehru College (Morning and Evening) of Delhi University. He is also engaged as Municipal Counsel in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
He is associated with various ex-servicemen associations, working to aid serving and former servicemen and their widows.
He is actively involved in social work and politics.
Political career
[edit]He entered the politics with an aim to eradicate corruption from the government and bureaucratic system. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2021 as a founder member, serving as a Member of National Council and President AAP Delhi Cantt. Assembly Constituency since 2012. After the resignation of Sajiya Ilmi, he was assigned responsibility as Political Observer of RK Puram Constituency until the 2015 Delhi Assembly election. He contested election of Delhi Cantonment in 2015.
He was elected as a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Delhi Cantt. on 11 February 2020.[1][2][3][4]
He took on the cases of ex-servicemen around pension and pay anomalies with concerned agencies and got relief for thousands of ex-servicemen and widows.
Electoral performance
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Virender Singh Kadian | 28,971 | 49.17 | −2.65 | |
| BJP | Manish Singh | 18,381 | 31.19 | −6.17 | |
| INC | Sandeep Tanwar | 7,954 | 13.15 | +4.00 | |
| BSP | Nand Kishore Beniwal | 1,823 | 3.09 | +2.49 | |
| NCP | Surender Singh | 908 | 1.54 | ||
| Majority | 10,590 | 18.04 | +3.58 | ||
| Turnout | 58,994 | 45.48 | −13.11 | ||
| AAP hold | Swing | -2.65 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Delhi Election Result Winners: Constituency-wise winning candidates of AAP, BJP, Congress". India Today. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Delhi Election Results 2020: Check full list of winners from AAP, BJP". Business Today. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Delhi election result 2020: Full list of winners constituency wise". The Indian Express. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "VIRENDER SINGH KADIAN". myneta.info. Retrieved 14 February 2020.