Saurabh Bhardwaj

Saurabh Bharadwaj is an Indian politician from the Aam Aadmi Party, representing Greater Kailash constituency in the Delhi State Legislature.[1] He was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of NCT of Delhi, heading Food & Supply, Transport, Environment and GAD ministries, during the first tenure of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi (2013).[2] He was elected again on 10 February 2015 as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Greater Kailash.

Saurabh Bharadwaj
Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 February 2015
Constituency	Greater Kailash
In office 28 December 2013 - 14 February 2014
Constituency	Greater Kailash
Personal details
Born	12 December 1979 New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse(s)	Shivani Bharadwaj
Residence	Chirag Delhi, New Delhi
Alma mater	Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering, Osmania University

Early life and education

Bharadwaj was born in New Delhi and completed his early schooling from the city. He graduated as a Computer Science Engineer from Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in 2003. He has also completed a bachelor's degree in law from Osmania University in 2011.[3] Before entering politics, Bhardwaj worked with Johnson Controls India, and his expertise was in microchips and coding. Bhardwaj started his career as a software engineer in Invensys.[4]

Political career

Saurabh Bhardwaj won the Greater Kailash assembly constituency, defeating Ajay Kumar Malhotra, son of the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and incumbent Leader of Opposition V.K. Malhotra, by 13092 votes in the 2013 Delhi Assembly election. In 2015, the young AAP leader defeated Rakesh Guliya of BJP by 14,583 votes. Bhardwaj was a Cabinet Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government during the 49-day tenure between 28 December 2013 and 14 February 2014.

Bhardwaj shot to fame on 9 May, when he claimed to hack a look-alike machine similar to EVM (Electronic voting machine) allegedly used by the Election Commission.[5] The AAP used the hacking by Bhardwaj to substantiate its claims of EVM tampering during recent elections. The Election Commission later claimed that it cannot take responsibility for any machine that is not under its own security systems and rejected the hacking attempt by Bhardwaj.

Saurabh Bhardwaj has been appointed as Chief Spokesperson for Delhi unit of AAP.[6]

On 28 June 2017, Bhardwaj filed a complaint to the Assembly Speaker against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa for accusing the Delhi Petitions Committee of allegedly blackmailing officials.[7]

Bharadwaj won MLA OF THE YEAR 2017 by Dainik Prayukti[8]

References

1. "MEMBERS OF THE SIXTH ASSEMBLY". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
2. "Saurabh Bhardwaj, Manish Sisodia will be the Cabinet ministers in Delhi's AAP govt - News Nation". newsnation.in. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
3. ADR. "Saurabh Bharadwaj(AAP):Constituency- GREATER KAILASH(NEW DELHI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
4. "Meet Saurabh Bhardwaj, The AAP MLA who 'Proved' EVMs Could be Rigged". News18. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
5. "EVM tampering: This is how AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed any candidate can be made to win". The Indian Express. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
6. "Official Spokespersons". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
7. "AAP lodges complaint with Delhi Assembly speaker against BJP MLA". india.com. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
8. "कुरियन,केजरीवाल,राव को प्रयुक्ति पुरस्कार". UNI VARTA. UNI VARTA. Retrieved 5 January 2018.