Anil Jha Vats (born 24 August 1974)[1] is an Indian politician from Delhi. He is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly and a three time member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Kirari Assembly constituency. He won the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election representing the Aam Aadmi Party.He was earlier with Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3]

Early life and education

Vats was born in Madhubani district in Bihar in 1974. He is the son of Anand Mohan Jha. He did his schooling from S.B. Mills Senior Secondary School, Shivaji Marg, Delhi in 1993. He did his BA at Satyawati College in 1996. He later did his post graduation in arts at the Faculty of Arts, Delhi University.in 2000. He also did a BA in library science from IGNOU in 2002.[1]

Career

Vats started his political career as a student leader and won the college union elections to become the president of Satyawati College. Later, he was elected as the president of Delhi University Students Union for the year 1997–98.[2]

He first became an MLA winning the 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election from Kirari Assembly constituency and retained the seat in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[4] He also served as the vice president of the BJP Delhi unit. He became an MLA for the third time winning the Kirari seat in the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket.[5][6][7] He polled 105,780 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Bajrang Shukla of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 21,871 votes. In the 2020 Assembly election, he lost the Kirari seat on the BJP ticket to Rituraj Govind of the AAP.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Anil Jha(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KIRARI(NORTH-WEST) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b "DUSU Election 2017: Ex-DUSU Members Who Became Famous Politicians". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Kirari Election Results 2025 live updates: AAP's Anil Jha defeats BJP's Bajrang Shukla with a margin of 21,871 votes". The Times of India. 8 February 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Kirari Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Kirari Election Results 2025 Live: AAP's Anil Jha wins against BJP's Bajrang Shukla". The Indian Express. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Kirari Election Result 2025: Anil Jha of AAP Wins, Defeats Bajrang Shukla of BJP". News18. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Kirari, Delhi Assembly Election Results 2025 Highlights: AAP's Anil Jha defeats BJP's Bajrang Shukla with 21871 votes". India Today. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Kirari Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates | Delhi Assembly Elections; Constituency, Party, Candidate Name Wise Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing". Firstpost. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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