Girish Soni Is an Indian politician of the

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and a former cabinet minister of SC & ST, Employment, Development and Labour of

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(28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014) under chief minister

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. He is currently a

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of the

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(MLA) from the Madipur constituency of Delhi, which he represents since 2013.

Personal life

Girish Soni was born on 3 December 1963 in Delhi. His father's name is Babu Lal Soni. Soni completed his 10th standard from Govt. Boys Senior Sec. School, Madipur; under the CBSE board of Delhi. He is educated till 12th standard and could not study further due to financial problems. He did a Refrigeration and Airconditioning diploma course with Industrial Training Institute (I. T. I.) Pusa,

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in 1982. He is a manufacturer and Trader of leather goods and runs a small business under the name of M/S Mascot Leather Craft. Soni is married to Mamta Soni (who is self-employed) and has two daughters and a son. He likes doing social service, reading and listening to old songs. His father is his inspiration in life.

Politics

Soni was a member of the Bharat Naujawan Sabha in the 1980s and was the general secretary of the party in Madipur assembly constituency. Soni was part of ''Bijli Pani Andolan'' ("electricity water agitation") of the

led by

. It demanded cheap water and electricity for the people of Delhi. Soni fought the assembly elections of December 2013 from Madipur, which was reserved for

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. He polled 36,393 votes and won by a margin of 1,103 over Kailash Sankla of the

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(BJP). He also defeated the three-time and sitting heavyweight MLA Mala Ram Gangwal of the

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(INC),. He was appointed the cabinet minister of SC & ST, Employment, Development and Labour. Along with

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, he was one of the two

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ministers in Delhi cabinet under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. At 49, he was the oldest minister in the cabinet. Soni was a minister for a short tenure of 49 days (28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014); the Kejriwal and his cabinet resigned. The AAP renominated Soni as the Madipur candidate for the

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s. He secured 66,571 votes and defeated BJP's Raj Kumar by a victory margin of 29,387 votes. The AAP won 67 of the 70 seats. However, Soni was kept out of the new cabinet under Kejriwal.

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)

Since 2020, he is an elected member of the

7th Delhi Assembly The Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 16 February 2020 after the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier on 8 February 2020 and the results were announced on 11 February 2020. It is the legislativ ...

. ; Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly * Member (2022-2023), Public Accounts Committee

Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soni, Girish Living people Delhi MLAs 2013–2015 Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Delhi MLAs 2020–2025 Year of birth missing (living people) Aam Aadmi Party MLAs from Delhi