Saurabh Bhardwaj
| Saurabh Bhardwaj | |
|---|---|
| Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| Assembly Member for Greater Kailash, New Delhi | |
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In office 10 February 2015 – Incumbent | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 1979 New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Spouse(s) | Shivani Bhardwaj |
| Residence | Chirag Delhi, New Delhi |
| Education | Bachelor of Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University |
Saurabh Bhardwaj is an Indian politician from the Aam Aadmi Party, currently representing Greater Kailash constituency in the Delhi State Legislature.[1] He was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of NCT of Delhi, heading Food & Supply, Transport, Environment and GAD ministries, during the first tenure of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi.[2] He was elected again on 10 February 2015 as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Greater Kailash.
Early life and education
Bhardwaj was born in New Delhi and completed his early schooling from the city. He graduated as a Computer Science Engineer from Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in 2003. He has also completed a Bachelors degree in law from Osmania University in 2011.[3] Before entering politics, Bhardwaj worked with Johnson Controls India, and his expertise was in microchips and coding. Bhardwaj started his career as a software engineer in Invensys (now Schneider Electric), Hyderabad, and has worked in the United States and the United Kingdom as well.[4]
Political career
Saurabh Bhardwaj won the Greater Kailash assembly constituency, defeating Ajay Kumar Malhotra, son of the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and incumbent Leader of Opposition V.K. Malhotra, by 13092 votes in the 2013 Delhi Assembly election election. In 2015, the young AAP leader defeated Rakesh Guliya of BJP by 14,583 votes.[5] Bhardwaj was a Cabinet Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government during the 49-day tenure between 28 December 2013 and 14 February 2014.
Bhardwaj shot to fame on May 9, when he claimed to hack a machine similar to EVM (Electronic voting machine) allegedly used by the Election Commission.[6] The AAP used the hacking by Bhardwaj to substantiate its claims of EVM tampering during recent elections. The Election Commission later claimed that it cannot take responsibility of any machine that is not under its own security systems and rejected the hacking attempt by Bhardwaj.
Saurabh Bhardwaj has been appointed as Chief Spokesperson for Delhi unit of AAP.[7]
On 28 June 2017, Bhardwaj filed a complaint to the Assembly Speaker against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa for accusing the Delhi Petitions Committee of allegedly blackmailing officials.[8]
References
- ↑ "MEMBERS OF THE SIXTH ASSEMBLY". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Saurabh Bhardwaj, Manish Sisodia will be the Cabinet ministers in Delhi's AAP govt - News Nation". http://www.newsnation.in. 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2017-05-17. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ ADR. "Saurabh Bharadwaj(AAP):Constituency- GREATER KAILASH(NEW DELHI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Meet Saurabh Bhardwaj, The AAP MLA who 'Proved' EVMs Could be Rigged". News18. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015". Wikipedia. 2017-05-11.
- ↑ "EVM tampering: This is how AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed any candidate can be made to win". The Indian Express. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ "Official Spokespersons". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ↑ http://www.india.com/news/agencies/aap-lodges-complaint-with-delhi-assembly-speaker-against-bjp-mla-2278547/