Rajesh Garg, sometimes known as Rajesh Garg Rohiniwala, is an Indian politician. He was elected a

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from the Rohini constituency in the

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s. He is also a

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activist.

Political career

While a student at the

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, Garg was a member of

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) () is a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). History The ABVP, founded in 1948 with the initiative of the RSS ...

(ABVP), the student and youth wing of

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. He left ABVP to join a student leader who had left the

National Students' Union of India The National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress), was established on 9 April 1971. The organisation was founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Benga ...

, the student and youth wing of the

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in the same year, to form a Chhatra Morcha, in order to contest

Delhi University Students' Union Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...

elections. Garg was elected president. Garg's wife fought an election on the Congress ticket. In spite of being a Congress member, he took part in the Jan Lokpal Andolan.

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 ...

suspended Garg when he released an audio tape featuring

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. He alleged that Kejriwal's men used to call him and other MLAs, pretending to be leaders from

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and asking for support.
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