Rajesh Gupta is an Indian politician and member of the

Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi The Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month. Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly. H ...

(M.L.A.). He has also been the Parliamentary Secretary of Health in the state. He is a member 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 ...

and represents Wazirpur (Assembly constituency) of Delhi. Rajesh Gupta was born on 2 November 1978 at LNJP Hospital, Delhi. He completed his schooling from Tyagi Public School. During his late teenage years he was actively involved into theatre. He generally performed street plays and ''nukkad nataks'' through which he tried to spread awareness in the society. He always wanted to do something different and contribute towards it. The Anti-corruption movement was a major icebreaker for his career in politics. He left a flourishing Shoe Business and a budding career in theatrics to join

and started his journey of change. He actively participated in Anti-Corruption Protest led by Anna Hazare in 2011. He did a lot of campaigning during the 2013 Assembly elections. Eventually he fought for the post of MLA in 2015 Delhi Elections and won. Rajesh Gupta had won Delhi Assembly Elections in 2015 with a margin of 22,044 votes by defeating Dr. Mahender Nagpal of

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and Hari Shankar Gupta of

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(INC), both former MLAs. He had secured 61,208 votes followed by Dr. Mahender Nagpal who got 39,164 votes and Hari Shankar Gupta got 8,371 votes out of total votes polled in this assembly constituency.

Political career

From 26 November 2012 he had been a volunteer, Aam Aadmi Party. Since 8 February 2015 he has been a spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party.

Member of Legislative Assembly (2015 - 2020)

10 February 2015 till 2020 he was a member of the

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)

Since 2020, he is an elected member of the

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. ; Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly * Member (2022-2023), Committee on Government Undertakings * Member (2022-2023), Committee on Estimates

Electoral performance

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Political career

Member of Legislative Assembly (2015 - 2020)

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)

Electoral performance

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