Vijender Gupta

Vijender Gupta is an Indian politician from Delhi capital of India. He is currently a Member of Legislative Assembly from Rohini constituency^[1] and also a member of BJP's National Executive. In Delhi state elections 2015, he was one of the three BJP candidates to win. He was president of Delhi state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2][3]

Personal life

Gupta married Shobha Vijender on 1 November 1987. They have a daughter and a son.

Political career

Gupta began his political career as a student leader. In 1984 he was elected as the Vice President of the Delhi University Students Union. He was Chairman of Standing Committee MCD from 2007 to 2009. He was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee MCD from 2007 to 2010 and pioneered e-governance in the MCD functioning to enhance the accountability and transparency of the systems in place.

He has been elected three times in the Municipal elections from Rohini that too with the highest margin in Delhi.

He served as a Secretary and Joint Convener, Janta Vidyarthi Morcha, Delhi Pradesh from 1980-84. He was Vice President, Delhi University Students' Union, 1984-85. From 1995- 1997, he was President Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Keshav Puram Distt. He has been elected Councilor, MCD (Ward no. 33 Rohini Zone) in 1997 with a victory margin of more than 10 thousand votes. He was elected Councilor, MCD a second time, in 2002 by a margin of 12 thousand votes.

His agitations against commercialisation of education and then public interest litigation led to a decision by the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court in favor of poor children and quality education. He fought against the lottery resulted in a ban on the lottery in 1993 under the banner of NGO Lok Abhiyan and started a campaign concerning parking in DDA parks with the morning walkers.

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