Rajdeep Phogat

Rajdeep Phogat is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Dadri in the 2014 election, as a member of the Indian National Lok Dal.^[1][2]

Rajdeep Phogat
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Krishan Lal
Succeeded by	Ranjit Singh Chautala
Constituency	Dadri
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Jannayak Janta Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Lok Dal
Residence	Haryana, India
Education	Secondary school
Profession	Politician

Political career

Rajdeep Phogat is a politician from Haryana, India. He entered politics through the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and held various positions within the party. In the 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, he contested from the Dadri constituency as an INLD candidate and won, defeating his closest rival, BJP candidate Somveer Sangwan, by a margin of 1,610 votes.^[3]

Before the 2019 assembly elections, following a split in the INLD, Phogat joined the newly formed Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) led by Dushyant Chautala. In 2020, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Haryana Housing Board.^[4] In the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, he contested as a JJP candidate but finished in fifth place.

He was one of the four MLAs who joined the Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janta Party after a split in Indian National Lok Dal.^[5][6]