Premchand Aggarwal is an Indian politician and member of the
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 ...
. Aggarwal is a member of the
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun, the winter capital, and Bhararisain, the summ ...
from the
Rishikesh constituency in
Dehradun district where he has a residence. He is originally from Doiwala. He has been MLA for Rishikesh consecutively in three terms since the
2007 Assembly election. In the
2017 Assembly election he defeated his nearest rival Rajpal Singh Kharola of
Indian National Congress
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by the margin of 14,801 votes. As of March 2017, he is the current Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as he was elected unopposed by the newly elected members.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Rishikesh Assembly Constituency
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In 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly election, he has defeated nearest rival INC candidate Jayendra Ramola, thus creating history in Uttarakhand. He is continuous winning candidate for last 4 terms from Rishikesh assembly seat, from same party BJP.
References
People from Rishikesh
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand MLAs 2022–2027
Living people
Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022
Speakers of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
1960 births
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