Bharat Bhushan Ashu (born 20 March 1971) is an

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

politician from

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

. He is two-time MLA representing the Ludhiana West Assembly constituency and he was Cabinet Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab.

Political career

Ashu started his political career when he was elected as a Municipal Councillor in the year 1997 from ward number 48 of

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

. In the year 2012, he was allotted a ticket of the

to contest from Ludhiana West Vidhan Sabha constituency and he becomes the Deputy CLP leader in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. Again in the year 2017, he defeated Ahbaab Grewal of

Aam Aadmi 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, popular ...

with a margin of 36,521 votes. He was the Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab. In 2022, he lost the election from Ludhiana West to AAP Candidate Gurpreet Bassi Gogi by more than 7500 votes.

Controversies

Ashu had been continuously criticised for his bad temper, arrogance and misbehaviour: In January 2019, Ashu was publicly seen and captured by media while misbehaving with female officer in a public function. In February 2019, Audio recordings of Ashu threatening and blackmailing the then DSP & Superintending engineer of Improvement trust went viral. In October 2019, Ashu was blamed for thrashing his own party's volunteer during by-election preparations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashu, Bharat Bhushan 1971 births Living people People from Ludhiana Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 State cabinet ministers of Punjab, India