Ashok Kumar Chauhan (known as Ashok Kumar or Ashok Chauhan) is an Indian politician from the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

(BJP). Previously a member of the

Aam Admi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popularl ...

(AAP), he was an MLA from

Ambedkar Nagar Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carvin ...

constituency in the Delhi State Legislature.

Political career

In the

2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 December 2013, with the result announced on 8 December resulting in formation of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a plurality, closely followed by Aam ...

, Chauhan was declared the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from

. He won the seat, defeating the Khushi Ram Chunar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 11670. In 2014, witnessing the autocratic and totalitarian rule of Arvind Kejriwal within AAP, he joined BJP. He believes in the idea of free-speech and constructive criticism and has vowed to change the life of lakhs of poor people living in the nethermost depths of the socio-economic status hierarchy. In

2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 February 2015 to elect 70 members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The results were announced on 10 February 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party secured an absolute majority in the assembly, ...

, he contested on BJP ticket from

but lost to Aam Aadmi Party's candidate

Ajay Dutt Ajay Dutt is an Indian legislator from Dr. Ambedkar Nagar constituency in the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He has completed Graduation, MBA and Ph.D. scholar in Management. Before entering politics, he worked in an IT services organiz ...

by a margin of 42460 votes.

References

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