Manish Sisodia

Manish Sisodia
Anna Hazare, Anupam Kher, Manish Sisodia, Kumar Vishwas
Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 February 2015
Preceded by	Post created
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Patparganj
In office 14 February 2015 – Incumbent
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Patparganj
In office 28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014
Preceded by	Anil Kumar Choudhary
Succeeded by	President's Rule
Personal details
Born	5 January 1972 Hapur Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Education	Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism
Occupation	Politician
Portfolio	Cabinet Minister of Finance and Planning, Revenue, Services, Power, Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Technical Education, Administrative Reforms

Manish Sisodia is an Indian politician who has been the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. He also holds the Finance and Planning, Revenue, Services, Power, Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Technical Education, Administrative Reforms portfolios in the government of Delhi.^[1] Previously, he was briefly a cabinet minister in the Government of Delhi between late December 2013 and February 2014, when he had responsibility for education, PWD, urban development, local bodies and land and building. Prior to being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi in December 2013, Sisodia was a social activist and journalist as well as a member of the National Executive Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.

Activism

His activism began in 2006 after he had been among those selected to help draft the Right to Information Act of 2005.^[2]

Along with Arvind Kejriwal and Abhinandan Sekhri, Sisodia was a founder of the Public Cause Research Foundation in 2006.^[3] He was also a key figure in Kabir, a non-governmental organisation.^[4] Later, he became an early participant in the popular movement of 2011 that sought a Jan Lokpal bill. He was involved in drafting the first version of that proposed legislation and was jailed for his involvement in protests.^[5]

Political career

Following the creation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in late 2012, Sisodia became a member of its Political Affairs Committee. He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Delhi state assembly elections, 2013 when he defeated Nakul Bhardwaj, a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, by 11,478 votes in the Patparganj constituency of East Delhi.^[5][6] He was then appointed cabinet minister in the Government of Delhi, having responsibility for education, PWD, urban development, local bodies and land and building.^[5]

In the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015, which resulted in a landslide victory for AAP, he was again elected from Patparganj, defeating Vinod Kumar Binny of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 28,761 votes.

Contoversies

Manish Sisodia is alleged to have diverted foreign funds meant for his NGO, Kabir, for personal use. Home ministry's controller of accounts in 2012 concluded: "In several cases, payments are not supported with relevant documents and are routed through Manish Sisodia in cash".^[7] The alleged irregularities were later discredited due to lack of evidence.

References

External links

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