Ashok Tanwar

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Ashok Tanwar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byAtma Singh Gill
Succeeded byCharanjeet Singh Rori
ConstituencySirsa
President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
14-02-2014 – 04-09-2019
Preceded byPhool Chand Mullana
Succeeded bySelja Kumari
President of the Indian Youth Congress
In office
February 2005 – February 2010
Preceded byRandeep Surjewala
Succeeded byRajeev Satav
President of the National Students Union of India
In office
2003–2005
Preceded byMeenakshi Natarajan
Succeeded byNadeem Javed
Personal details
Born (1976-02-12) 12 February 1976 (age 48)
Haryana, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Aam Aadmi Party (2022-2024)
All India Trinamool Congress (2021)
Indian National Congress (till 2019)
Spouse
Avantika Maken
(m. 2005)
Children2
ParentDilbag Singh
ResidenceHaryana
EducationM.A.(History), M.Phil (History), Ph.D.
Alma materEducated at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi

Ashok Tanwar (born 12 February 1976) is an Indian politician associated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, Member of Parliament from Sirsa and Secretary, All India Congress Committee. He was also a former president of Indian Youth Congress and NSUI. He was the youngest person to become the president of Indian Youth Congress.[1]

Early life[edit]

He was born in a chamar caste to a family of farmer[2] in Chimni, Jhajjar district, Haryana to Dilbag Singh and Krishna Rathi.[3][4] He did his BA from the Kakatiya University, Warangal. He went to Jawaharlal Nehru University's centre for Historical studies and completed his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Medieval Indian History).

Political career[edit]

Tanwar started his career as an activist of the NSUI in JNU.

Youth politics[edit]

Tanwar rose to prominence when he fought the election for the president of student union of JNU. He became NSUI's secretary in 1999 and its president in 2003. Under his leadership, the NSUI won two elections in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) since he took over in 2003 and improved its performance in the Left dominated JNU.[5]

During Ashok Tanwar's term as president, the Indian Youth Congress tried to strengthen its network at block, district and state level through workshops, seminars, street plays and social work related to the public issues.

Lok Sabha elections[edit]

In 2009 he won the Lok Sabha elections from Sirsa in Haryana as a Congress party's candidate with a margin of 354999 votes.[6][7][8] However he lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as Congress Party's candidate to Charanjeet Singh Rori of Indian National Lok Dal.[9]

President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee[edit]

He became the president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee on 14 February 2014. He was succeeded by Selja Kumari as party president on 4 September 2019. He quit the Indian National Congress on 5 October 2019.[10]

Bharatiya Janata Party[edit]

On January 20, 2024, Tanwar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.[11]

Personal life[edit]

In June 2005, Ashok Tanwar married Avantika Maken, daughter of Lalit Maken and maternal granddaughter of former Indian President, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. They have two children, one son and one daughter, Adikarta and Abhistada.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rahul’s backroom boys and a girl
  2. ^ Rift between Bhupinder Hooda and Ashok Tanwar worries Haryana Congress, newindianexpress.com, 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Ashok Tanwar attacked for being Dalit: Haryana min". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Ashok Tanwar: Keeping promises is the biggest task". gulfnews.com. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. ^ Tanwar New Youth Congress Chief[usurped]
  6. ^ Sirsa Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabha
  7. ^ Youth Congress chief gets Cong ticket from Sirsa
  8. ^ "Congress wins nine out of 10 seats in Haryana". Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  9. ^ Rori trounces Tanwar in Sirsa
  10. ^ "Congress now anti-thesis of democracy: Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar resigns". India Today. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Ashok Tanwar joins BJP: Ex-Congress star and Rahul aide makes another jump in Haryana, leaves AAP in lurch". Indian Exprees. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

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