Vijender Gupta, 61, born in Delhi, is a three-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Rohini constituency. In this 12 months’s Delhi Assembly election, he gained his seat with a margin of over 37,000 votes – highest amongst all of the BJP candidates who emerged victorious.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which gained the recently-held Delhi Assembly election with a thumping majority, has chosen Vijender Gupta to be the new Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He will take oath of workplace on Thursday together with the BJP’s Chief Ministerial pick Rekha Gupta. But who is Vijender Gupta?
Vijender Gupta, 61, born in Delhi, is a three-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Rohini constituency. In this 12 months’s Delhi Assembly election, he gained his seat with a margin of over 37,000 votes – highest amongst all of the BJP candidates who emerged victorious.
Gupta is additionally a former Leader of Opposition (LoP) within the Delhi Assembly and served because the chief of BJP’s Delhi unit between 2010 and 2013.
Earlier in his political profession, Gupta has been elected thrice within the Delhi Municipal elections from Rohini.
An alumnus of Delhi Unversity’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Gupta is a former vice chairman of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU).
He is married to Shobha Gautam and so they have two kids – a daughter and a son.
The Legislative Assembly Speaker is elected by House members, which implies that Gupta’s nomination is just about confirmed because the BJP has a majority within the Delhi Assembly.
Speaking to information company PTI, Gupta confirmed his nomination. “I will first of all get the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) reports that were kept pending by the previous AAP government tabled before the House,” he stated.
