Manoj Kumar is a politician 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 ...
.
Political career
Kumar won the seat, defeating the Dushyant Kumar Gautam of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 7490 votes in
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 ...
from Kondli.
In 2015, Manoj Kumar was arrested in a case of alleged cheating and
land grabbing
Land grabbing is the contentious issue of large-scale land acquisitions: the buying or leasing of large pieces of land by domestic and transnational companies, governments, and individuals.
While used broadly throughout history, land grabbing as ...
. Kumar then complained of chest pain and was hospitalized, but
AIIMS
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. These institutes ha ...
discharged him saying that he didn't need hospitalization.
References
Living people
Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Delhi
Delhi MLAs 2013–2015
Delhi MLAs 2015–2020
Crime in Delhi
Indian prisoners and detainees
Inmates of Tihar Jail
Year of birth missing (living people)
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