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Parvesh Verma
Indian politician (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (Hindi pronunciation: [/pərˈveɪʃ ˈsahɪb sɪŋ ˈvərmə/]) (born 7 November 1977) is an Indian politician and a cabinet minister of Delhi[1][2] since 20 February 2025 and is a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the New Delhi Assembly constituency. He was Member of parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing West Delhi.[3] He served two terms as an MP for a period of 10 years from 2014 to 2024. In 2014, he was first elected to the 16th Lok Sabha and re-elected in 2019 for the 17th Lok Sabha with the highest-ever margin of victory in the history of Delhi, a margin of 578,486 votes. He won the 2025 assembly election from New Delhi against Arvind Kejriwal,[4] former Chief Minister of Delhi.
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Early life and education
Parvesh Verma was born to Sahib Singh Verma, a former Chief Minister of Delhi, and Sahib Kaur[5] on 7 November 1977[6] in a Hindu Jat family.[7] Verma has one brother and three sisters.[8]
Verma studied at Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram and Kirori Mal College.[5] He received his Master of Business Administration from the Fore School of Management.[9] His uncle Azad Singh Verma was the mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation and contested Mundka Vidhan Sabha Constituency on the BJP ticket in the 2013 assembly election.[10]
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Political career
Early political involvements
Verma was interested in contesting the West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency in the 2009 general election but was denied a ticket by the party despite receiving assurances from party leaders that he would be considered.[11] Instead, Jagdish Mukhi, the then-Member of the Legislative Assembly from Janakpuri contested West Delhi.[11][12] Amahapanchayat held on 22 March 2009 in Dwarka condemned the decision of the BJP to deny Parvesh the ticket".[13]
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Personal life
Verma is married to Swati Verma, the daughter of former Union Minister and BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, Vikram Verma. They have three children: two daughters and a son. He runs the NGO Rashtriya Swabhiman.[9]
Controversies
During the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election campaigning, Verma openly told people gathered at the Shaheen Bagh protests that if the BJP is voted to power in Delhi, it will clear them off within one hour. He also stated Muslims such as those present at the Shaheen Bagh protests were known to "enter Hindu houses, rape our sisters and daughters".[14]
Before the first phase of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Verma made a controversial offer of post-poll alliance with BJP to Rashtriya Lok Dal's Jayant Chaudhary after hosting a meeting of Home Minister Amit Shah with Jat leaders from Western UP;[15][16] and Verma also told the mediapersons that Jayant, who was in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, had "chosen a wrong home".[17]
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Electoral performance
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See also
References
External links
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