Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (born 7 November 1977) is an Indian politician and a
Member of parliament
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(MP) from
West Delhi
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West Delhi is bound by th ...
Lok Sabha constituency.
As a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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(BJP), he is serving his second term as an MP for West Delhi. In 2014 he was elected to the
16th Lok Sabha
Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...
, and re-elected in 2019 for the
17th Lok Sabha
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with the highest ever margin of victory in the history of Delhi, a margin of 578,486 votes.
He is a member of two high level committees of Parliament, the Finance Committee, and the Estimates Committee. He had also served on the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and a member of the Standing Committee on Urban Development in his first term as an MP. He contested the
Mehrauli Vidhan Sabha constituency in the
2013 assembly election and defeated MP
Yoganand Shastri
Yoganand Shastri (born 17 April 1944) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He thrice served as member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2013. He was a cabinet minister for Dev ...
, speaker of the
Delhi Vidhan Sabha
The Delhi Legislative Assembly, also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists o ...
. Parvesh Verma is the son of
Sahib Singh Verma
Sahib Singh Verma (15 March 1943 – 30 June 2007) was an Indian politician and the former senior vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and was member of 13th Lok Sabha, Parliament of ...
, former Chief Minister of Delhi.
Early life
Parvesh Verma was born to
Sahib Singh Verma
Sahib Singh Verma (15 March 1943 – 30 June 2007) was an Indian politician and the former senior vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and was member of 13th Lok Sabha, Parliament of ...
, a former Chief Minister of Delhi, and Sahib Kaur
on 7 November 1977
in a Hindu
Jat
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family. Verma has one brother and three sisters.
Verma studied at
Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram and
Kirori Mal College
Kirori Mal College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Established in 1954, it is located in the North Campus of the university in New Delhi, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the sciences, humanities ...
.
He received his
Master of Business Administration
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from the Fore School of Management.
His uncle
Azad Singh was the mayor of
North Delhi Municipal Corporation
North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) was one of the municipal corporations in Delhi, India created after the former Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012. It occupied an area of which was further divided into 6 Zones (Ro ...
and contested
Mundka
Mundka is a census town and village in the West Delhi district of Delhi. It is the birthplace and village of former Chief Minister of Delhi, the late Dr. Sahib Singh Verma. Its neighbouring villages are Bakkarwala and Nangloi. The current MLA ...
Vidhan Sabha Constituency on the BJP ticket in the 2013 assembly election.
Political career
Verma is a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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(BJP), the ruling party at the
Centre
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and the major opposition party at the Delhi Vidhan Sabha. He was a member of the Delhi BJP Election Committee for the
2013 assembly election. In May 2014, he won West Delhi Constituency and became a Member of Parliament (MP). He became a member of the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament, and of the Standing Committee on Urban Development. He also served on the governing body of the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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(AIIMS) New Delhi. Currently, he is a member of the Estimates Committee, and Finance Committee of the Parliament.
Verma was interested in contesting for the
West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency
West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of t ...
in the
2009 general election but was denied a ticket by the party, despite receiving assurances from party leaders that he would be considered.
Instead
Jagdish Mukhi
Jagdish Mukhi is an Indian politician who is the Governor of Assam. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Past positions have included Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Minister of F ...
of
Janakpuri
Janakpuri is an affluent neighborhood in the South West Delhi district, South West district of Delhi, India. It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro West .
Locality
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MLA contested West Delhi.
A
mahapanchayat held on 22 March 2009 in
Dwarka
Dwarka () is a city and a municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India. It is located on the western shore of the Okhamandal Peninsula on the right bank of the Gomti river at the mouth of the Gulf of Kut ...
"
ondemnedthe decision of the BJP to deny Parvesh the ticket".
On 7 November 2013, the BJP announced Verma as the party's candidate from Mehrauli constituency for the 2013 Legislative Assembly election. The mayor of the
South Delhi Municipal Corporation
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) was one of the municipal corporations in Delhi, India created after the former Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012. It occupied an area of which was further divided into 4 Zones (Cen ...
,
Sarita Chaudhary
Sarita Chaudhary (born 1975) is a former mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.
She studied B.ed and LLB from Maharishi Dayanand University
Maharshi Dayanand University, also called M.D. Univ ...
, and senior BJP Leader Sher Singh Dagar, the BJP candidate for Mehrauli in the
2008 election, both wanted to contest the same seat.
Supporters of both the aspirants opposed Verma's candidature.
Chaudhary's supporters protested outside the Delhi BJP headquarters and called Verma an "outsider". His mother and wife campaigned for him in the constituency.
He defeated runner-up Narinder Singh Sejwal of the
Aam Aadmi Party
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(AAP) by 4,564 votes, and the incumbent
MLA and Speaker of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, Yoganand Shastri. In
2014 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...
, Verma won the election for the West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency by a record margin of 2,68,586 votes.
Verma won a second term as MP in West Delhi with a record-breaking margin of 5.78 lakh votes beating Congress's
Mahabal Mishra
Mahabal Mishra (born 31 July 1953) was a Member of Parliament of India from West Delhi. Before getting elected to Parliament, he was MLA from Dwarka Assembly constituency in New Delhi. He started his political career as a Delhi councilor from ...
who got 2,87,162 votes.
[
Verma broke his own record for the highest victory margin in Delhi and 6th highest in India.
In the 2019 General Elections Verma got 8,65,648 of the total 14,41,601 votes polled in the seat. This is the highest recorded margin in the history of Delhi that any Lok Sabha candidate had ever won by.]
Personal life
Verma is married to Swati Singh, the daughter of former Union Minister and BJP
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 ...
leader from Madhya Pradesh, Vikram Verma
Vikram Verma (born 23 January 1944) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. He formerly served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha. He also served as a Minister in the ...
. They have 3 children, two daughters and a son. Eldest among them is Sanidhi Singh, followed by Prisha Singh and Shiven Singh. He runs the NG
Rashtriya Swabhiman
Controversies
During the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, a decline of 4.65% from the previous assembly election in Delhi but 2.2% more th ...
campaigning, Verma openly threatened Shaheen Bagh protesters saying that if the BJP is voted to power in Delhi, it will clear off protests in Shaheen Bagh within one hour; and further courted controversy while addressing a rally, by claiming that people from the Shaheen Bagh protests
The Shaheen Bagh protest was a peaceful sit-in protest in Delhi, India, that began on 15 December 2019 and lasted until 24 March 2020. The protest was led by women who blocked a major road at Shaheen Bagh using non-violent resistance 24×7. M ...
would "enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters".
Before the first phase of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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, Verma made a controversial offer of post-poll alliance with BJP to Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Ch ...
's Jayant Chaudhary
Chaudhary Jayant Singh (born 27 December 1978) is an Indian politician and a current member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He also served as member in 15th Lok Sabha from Mathura. He is the National Chairman of The Rashtriya Lok Dal Party ...
after hosting a meeting of Home Minister Amit Shah with Jat leaders from Western UP; and Verma also told the mediapersons that Jayant, who was in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, had "chosen a wrong home".
Verma has also come under fire for making hate speech calling for the 'total boycott' of Muslims at a recent rally organised by the VHP.
See also
* Manoj Tiwari
*Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir (; born 14 October 1981) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who has played all formats of the game. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, th ...
References
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1977 births
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi
People from West Delhi district
Kirori Mal College alumni
Members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Delhi Public School alumni
India MPs 2014–2019
Lok Sabha members from Delhi
Delhi MLAs 2013–2015
People from South Delhi district
Far-right politicians in India
India MPs 2019–present
Delhi University alumni