Rajesh Rishi (born 18 October 1964) 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.
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, India. He currently represents the
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
The present geographical struc ...
constituency of Delhi and is a member of the
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 party.
He is the former Parliamentary Secretary (Health) Government of NCT of Delhi. He is a sitting Member and Chair of the Standing Committees of Transport, IT, Tourism and Administrative Reforms in the Government of NCT of Delhi.
Early life and education
Rajesh Rishi was born in Jalandhar on 18 October 1965. He attended
Agra University
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, formerly Agra University, is an Autonomous University located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university is named after B. R. Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ambedkar, Indian scholar, social reformer, and the architect of t ...
and was awarded a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
degree in 1985.
Political career
Rishi first contested an election in 2013.
He was elected as a
MLA in Delhi in 2015 for the
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
The present geographical struc ...
constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
See also
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Politics of India
Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary democratic secular republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the prime minister of India is t ...
Electoral performance
References
1964 births
Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Delhi
Delhi MLAs 2015–2020
Delhi MLAs 2020–2025
Living people
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