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Manish Sisodia

Manish Sisodia is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi. Sisodia won the Patparganj Assembly constituency thrice in a row in 2013, 2015, and 2020. He contested the Delhi Assembly Election in 2013 for the first time from Patparganj and won against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Nakul Bhardwaj by 11,476 votes. Congress candidate Anil Kumar stood at third. In the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election, Sisodia retained the seat by defeating BJP's Vinod Kumar Binny with an increased margin of 28,791 votes. Congress leader Anil Kumar remained in the third position. Sisodia won the seat again in 2020 but with a reduced margin of 3,207 votes. BJP candidate Ravinder Singh Negi gave him a tough fight. Sisodia has decided to shift his constituency in the upcoming Delhi Election and will be contesting from Jangpura against BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah and Congress candidate Farhad Suri. Sisodia also held several ministries, including Finance, Education, PWD, Tourism, Labour, Land and Building, etc., in the Arvind Kejriwal Cabinet.

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Manish Sisodia

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    BJP-Congress run on ill gotten money: AAP

    Politics | Mar 30, 2014, 11:59 AM

    Panaji: Aam Admi Party (AAP) today accused BJP and Congress of running their affairs on donations collected from people who have got ill-gotten money or foreign funding.“Congress and BJP get huge funding from the sources

  • aap hits back bjp on kashmir map issue

    AAP hits back BJP on Kashmir map issue

    Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 10:54 AM

    New Delhi: Rejecting as “lies” BJP's attack on it for showing Kashmir out of India's map, AAP today hit back saying the map on the saffron party's website has shown the state as a “disputed

  • former bihar minister files nomination amid protest

    Former Bihar minister files nomination amid protest

    Politics | Mar 24, 2014, 05:00 PM

    Patna: Former Bihar minister and Aam Admi Party leader Parveen Amnullah today filed nomination for Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat amid protests by a section of party workers.Accompanied by senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, Amanullah

  • centre seeks details from aap on foreign funding

    Centre seeks details from AAP on foreign funding

    Politics | Mar 19, 2014, 10:43 AM

    New Delhi: The central government Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that it has sought detailed information from the AAP over allegations of receiving foreign funds, saying this was in violation of the Foreign Contribution

  • aap will work to develop ghaziabad says shazia

    AAP will work to develop Ghaziabad, says Shazia

    Politics | Mar 18, 2014, 06:48 PM

    Ghaziabad:  AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi says her party will do everything it can to end the "step-motherly" treatment of Ghaziabad, a sprawling Uttar Pradesh district bordering Delhi."Development (of Ghaziabad) will be our only election plank,"

  • bjp jubilant over modi candidature will kejriwal contest

    BJP jubilant over Modi candidature; will Kejriwal contest?

    Politics | Mar 16, 2014, 05:24 PM

    New Delhi: The BJP was in a jubilant mood Sunday, saying prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's candidature in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi will help it win a majority on its own in the

  • kejriwal will take on modi in varanasi manish sisodia

    Kejriwal will take on Modi in Varanasi: Manish Sisodia

    Politics | Mar 13, 2014, 10:46 PM

    New Delhi: The AAP has almost decided to pit former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal against Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls if the BJP's prime ministerial candidate contests from Varanasi.AAP leader and Kejriwal

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  • aap to release fifth list of lok sabha candidates

    AAP to release fifth list of Lok Sabha candidates

    Politics | Mar 12, 2014, 12:19 PM

    New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will declare its fifth list of 60 Lok Sabha candidates Wednesday, party leader Manish Sisodia said."The list of 60 candidates will be out today (Wednesday)," Sisodia told IANS.The

  • manish sisodia s car attacked in gujarat

    Manish Sisodia's car attacked in Gujarat

    India | Mar 06, 2014, 11:19 PM

    Ahmedabad: A car carrying AAP leader Manish Sisodia was attacked by unidentified men on Himmatnagar highway in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat today, the party alleged and claimed the attackers were BJP workers.“Some unidentified men threw

  • manish sisodia from a journalist to kejriwal confidante

    Manish Sisodia: From a 'journalist' to 'Kejriwal confidante'

    Politics | Apr 17, 2014, 07:08 AM

    New Delhi: Manish Sisodiya is one of the founders of Aam Aadmi Party led by former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.Manish is a childhood friend of Arvind Kejriwal and has been associated with Kejriwal throughout

  • 36 000 jobs vacant in delhi govt will need 14 years to fill

    36,000 jobs vacant in Delhi, govt will need 14 years to fill them up: Manish Sisodia

    India | Jan 25, 2014, 10:13 AM

    New Delhi: A latest reports by Delhi's Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday has revealed that the state  government has almost 36,000 jobs vacant and it will need at least 14 years to fill up

  • aap government can strip mcd of its powers sisodia

    AAP government can strip MCD of its powers: Sisodia

    Politics | Dec 31, 2013, 06:38 AM

    New Delhi: Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia Monday said provisions exist to strip civic bodies of their powers, hinting the new AAP government could do so if the BJP-ruled municipal corporations did not grant "No

  • sisodia orders scrapping of exam on report of question

    Sisodia orders scrapping of exam on report of question paper leak

    India | Dec 30, 2013, 08:47 AM

    New Delhi : A day after taking over as Delhi's Education Minister, Manish Sisodia on Saturday ordered cancellation of examination for appointment of primary teachers in municipal schools after he found that the question paper

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  • know aap minister manish sisodia kejriwal s most trusted

    Know AAP minister Manish Sisodia, Kejriwal's most trusted confidante

    India | Dec 28, 2013, 06:20 PM

    New Delhi:  Manish Sisodia, the man Friday of Arvind Kejriwal, came to prominence during Anna Hazare's movement for Jan Lokpal Bill in 2011. He has been given the portfolios of Education, PWD,  Urban Development, local

  • new secretaries to delhi ministers appointed

    New secretaries to Delhi ministers appointed

    India | Dec 28, 2013, 05:16 PM

    New Delhi: New secretaries have been appointed for all the six AAP ministers in Delhi government. C. Arvind will be secretary to minister Manish Sisodiya, while Vinay Bhushan will be the secretary to minister Somnath

  • kejriwal given 7 days time to prove majority

    Kejriwal given 7 days time to prove majority

    India | Dec 25, 2013, 09:20 PM

    New Delhi: Delhi's chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal has been given seven days time to prove his majority in the assembly. The assembly may be convened from January 1, sources said.Following is the President's communique:The President

  • move afoot to make manish sisodia delhi cm in place of

    Move afoot to make Manish Sisodia Delhi CM in place of Kejriwal

    Politics | Dec 22, 2013, 12:39 PM

    New Delhi: A move is afoot to make Manish Sisodia the chief minister of Delhi in place of Arvind Kejriwal, with nearly 80 per cent people in AAP meetings across Delhi expressing their view that

  • people of delhi want aap to form govt manish sisodia

    People of Delhi want AAP to form govt: Manish Sisodia

    Politics | Dec 20, 2013, 08:26 PM

    New Delhi: AAP leader and Patparganj MLA Manish Sisodiya has said that the people of Delhi want his party to form the next government in Delhi.Sisodiya, however, added that a final decision in this regard

  • kejriwal s party to be named on nov 26 sisodia

    Kejriwal's party to be named on Nov 26: Sisodia

    Politics | Oct 02, 2012, 01:15 PM

    New Delhi, Oct 2: While Arvind Kejriwal would announce the formation of a new political party today, its name will be announced next month, his key associate has said.Manish Sisodia said while the formation of

  • india against corruption to hold protests from july 25

    'India Against Corruption' to hold protests from July 25

    India | Jul 02, 2012, 08:47 PM

    Mumbai, Jul 2: As part of Team Anna's demand for an independent probe into the corruption allegations against 15 Union ministers, NGO India Against Corruption today announced that its activists will stage protests from July

 
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