Virendar Singh Kadian is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a member of Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi from Delhi Cantt. He works as Municipal Counsel in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) New Delhi.

Virender Singh Kadian
Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
11 February 2020
Preceded bySurinder Singh
ConstituencyDelhi Cantt
Municipal Counsel in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) New Delhi
Personal details
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Alma materKurukshetra University
WebsiteOfficial Website

Early life

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Virender Singh Kadian was born on 4 February 1975 in Dubaldhan (Bidhian) village in District Jhajjar in Haryana. He was born in a middle-class family with army background. He is the eldest son.

His initial education was from Army School Bagdogra (West Bengal), Vaish Public School and Saint Thomas School Rohtak. He graduated from Osmania University Hyderabad with a Post Graduate Degree in Public Administration from Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak. He holds Bachelor in Laws (LL.B.) from Mumbai university, Master in Law (LL.M.) from Kurukshetra University and Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Drafting from Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.

Career

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He served as a sergeant in the Indian Air Force.

He is a social worker and politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is an appointed Member of Rajya Sainik Board of Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Treasurer of Governing Body of Moti Lal Nehru College (Morning and Evening) of Delhi University. He is also engaged as Municipal Counsel in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).


He is associated with various ex-servicemen associations, working to aid serving and former servicemen and their widows.

He is actively involved in social work and politics.

Political career

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He entered the politics with an aim to eradicate corruption from the government and bureaucratic system. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2021 as a founder member, serving as a Member of National Council and President AAP Delhi Cantt. Assembly Constituency since 2012. After the resignation of Sajiya Ilmi, he was assigned responsibility as Political Observer of RK Puram Constituency until the 2015 Delhi Assembly election. He contested election of Delhi Cantonment in 2015.

He was elected as a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Delhi Cantt. on 11 February 2020.[1][2][3][4]

He took on the cases of ex-servicemen around pension and pay anomalies with concerned agencies and got relief for thousands of ex-servicemen and widows.

Electoral performance

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Delhi Cantt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Virender Singh Kadian 28,971 49.17 −2.65
BJP Manish Singh 18,381 31.19 −6.17
INC Sandeep Tanwar 7,954 13.15 +4.00
BSP Nand Kishore Beniwal 1,823 3.09 +2.49
NCP Surender Singh 908 1.54
Majority 10,590 18.04 +3.58
Turnout 58,994 45.48 −13.11
AAP hold Swing -2.65


References

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  1. ^ "Delhi Election Result Winners: Constituency-wise winning candidates of AAP, BJP, Congress". India Today. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Delhi Election Results 2020: Check full list of winners from AAP, BJP". Business Today. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Delhi election result 2020: Full list of winners constituency wise". The Indian Express. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ "VIRENDER SINGH KADIAN". myneta.info. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
from Delhi Cantt (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2020
Incumbent