Deshraj Karanwal is an Indian politician. He is a member of the fourteenth Legislative Assembly from

Jhabrera Jhabrera is a town and a nagar panchayat in Hardwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, situated 17 kilometres from Roorkee. It can be reached by taking a left turn before Ganga canal and while entering Manglaur town from Delhi. Jhabre ...

as a candidate of the

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. He contested Legislative Assembly election from Jhabrera, in 2017 and won. He is associated with the Bhartiya Janta Party.

Early life and education

Deshraj Karanwal was born in Roorkee, Haridwar in 1969. He belongs to Dalit Caste and his wife Vijeyantimala is a schoolteacher. As per his election affidavit, Karanwal is graduated. Prior to entering politics, he was a Ration Dealer, Property Agent by profession.

Controversy

Deshraj Karnwal had given a controversial statement regarding the violence in Delhi on 26 January 2021. While on one hand he had condemned the Delhi violence, on the other hand he had given a controversial statement. The media asked him questions about the farmers' movement and Delhi violence, he blamed the opposition for it. At the same time, he said angrily that the farmers do not want a solution. Deshraj Karnwal had accused the leader of his own party, Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, of endangering the life of his family. Both made verbal attacks for several days. Later both reconciled. MLA Deshraj Karnwal has been in controversies many times. He threatened a Sugar mill officer on phone, abused the officer was also being done in the audio. Audio has gone viral on social media. Deshraj Karnwal has given an absurd statement and created controversy, he described himself as Eklavya, targeted the opposition. MLA Deshraj Karnwal had reached Bhagtowali village of Jhabreda police station area, to get information regarding development works. During this, he was taking information from the villagers about the development works. Meanwhile, some villagers had started abusing him. Also indecent words were used. A villager had made a video of it and put it on social media, which went viral on sight. A complaint was lodged at the Jhabreda Police Station on behalf of the MLA's private secretary Jitendra.

Requested ECI postpone election

Bharatiya Janata Party's Jhabreda MLA Deshraj Karnwal has written a letter to the

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demanding change in the date of elections in

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

. He said that since February 14 is Guru Ravidas Jayanti, the date of election should be changed in the state also on the lines of Punjab. MLA Deshraj Karnwal told that he has submitted a letter in this regard to the officials of the

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in Delhi. But Election Commission of India did not consider his request letter and Election was held on 14 February as decided on schedule.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karnwal, Deshraj Living people Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022 1968 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand People from Haridwar district