Ch. Jai Tirath (born 20 May 1952) is an Indian politician and a member of the

Haryana Legislative Assembly The Haryana Legislative Assembly or the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of L ...

from the

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 ...

, representing the Rai Vidhan Sabha constituency in

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

. He is a two-term member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.

Political career

Dahiya represents the Rai Vidhan Sabha constituency in Haryana and contested his first successful election in 2009. In the 2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, Dahiya was given an Indian National Congress ticket and was pitted against Inderjeet, a candidate from the

Indian National Lok Dal Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cabin ...

. Dahiya won that election by a margin of 4,666 votes, securing a total 35,514 votes and defeating his nearest rival Inderjeet from the Indian National Lok Dal who secured 30,848 votes. The 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election was a referendum of sorts as the Indian National Congress-led government was in power in the state for 10 years and anti-incumbency was a factor. There was a three-sided contest this time around with Dahiya on an Indian National Congress ticket, Inderjeet on an Indian National Lok Dal ticket, and Krishna Gahlawat on a

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 ...

ticket. Dahiya won that election by a margin of only 3 votes, securing a total of 36,703 votes. Dahiya's nearest rivals Inderjeet from the Indian National Lok Dal and Krishna Gahlawat on a Bharatiya Janata Party secured 36,700 and 34,523 votes, respectively. The victory by 3 votes was the smallest margin of victory by any candidate in the 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.

Personal life

Ch Jai Tirath was born on 20 May 1952 in

Sonipat Sonipat is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It is also around 214 km (128 miles) southwest o ...

, Haryana, to Ch. Rizak Ram Dahiya. He completed his education (Bachelor of Arts and Law) in

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

. Dahiya is a Lawyer by profession. He practiced in Sonepat District Courts for more than three decades. He is counted amongst the most successful Criminal lawyers in this area. He married Smt. Aruna Dahiya who is a teacher by profession and the couple have two children- Ch Arjun Dahiya and Mr. Rajan Dahiya.

References

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