Vijender Gupta (born 14 August 1963) is an Indian politician of
BJP party from
Delhi. He is presently a
Member of Legislative Assembly from
Rohini constituency and also a member of BJP's National Executive. In
Delhi state elections 2015, he was one of the three BJP candidates to win and was also the president of Delhi state unit of BJP.
Personal life
Gupta married Shobha Gautam turned Dr. Shobha Vijender, pioneering NGO named "SAMPURNA" on 1 November 1987. They have a daughter named Aaina married to Varun Nair and a son named Aadhar married to Garima Jain.
Political career
An alumnus of
Shri Ram College of Commerce and a three time councillor from
Rohini, Gupta is a former vice president of
Delhi University Students Union.
He started his political career as secretary of Janta Vidyarthi Morcha in 1980. He was quickly elevated to Joint Convener of Janta Vidyarthi Morcha in 1983. In 1995 he was appointed President of
Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha in
Keshav Puram
Keshav Puram is a locality in the northwest district of Delhi, India. It was first developed by the Delhi Development Authority. The area has a lot of parks and the pollution levels are low. The number of people living there is also low.
Adm ...
District.
His electoral journey started in 1997 when he was elected as Councilor of
Municipal Corporation of Delhi. He served as Chairman of Law & General Purpose Committee, Municipal Corporation of Delhi from 1997 to 1998 and Deputy Chairman of High Powered House Tax Committee from 2001 to 2002. He has been elected three times in the Municipal elections from
Rohini that too with the highest margin in Delhi. To his credit, Gupta developed Rohini as a model municipal unit.
He was elevated to Secretary of BJP Delhi in 2002. Gupta had also contested the 2009 Lok Sabha election from the
Chandni Chowk constituency against
Kapil Sibal of the Congress but lost. Gupta was nominated
BJP Delhi president on 15 May 2010.
He contested the
2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 December 2013, with the result announced on 8 December resulting in formation of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won a plurality, closely followed by Aam ...
from
New Delhi but lost to
Arvind Kejriwal.
In Delhi state elections 2015, he contested again from
Rohini and won. He was one of the three BJP candidates to pull a win. Vijender Gupta was appointed the leader of opposition (LoP) in the Delhi assembly on 16 April 2015.
He defeated
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 ...
Candidate of
Rohini Rajesh Nama 'Bansiwala' in
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 ...
by a margin of more than 12,000 votes.
References
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Living people
Shri Ram College of Commerce alumni
1963 births
Delhi MLAs 2015–2020
Delhi MLAs 2020–2025
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi
Leaders of the Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly