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Ashok Tanwar

Indian politician

Summary

Indian politician

Field	Value
name	Ashok Tanwar
office	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
constituency	Sirsa
term_start	2009
term_end	2014
predecessor	Atma Singh Gill
successor	Charanjeet Singh Rori
office1	President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
term_start1	14 February 2014
term_end1	4 September 2019
predecessor1	Phool Chand Mullana
successor1	Selja Kumari
office2	President of the Indian Youth Congress
term_start2	February 2005
term_end2	February 2010
predecessor2	Randeep Surjewala
successor2	Rajeev Satav
office3	President of the National Students Union of India
term_start3	2003
term_end3	2005
predecessor3	Meenakshi Natarajan
successor3	Nadeem Javed
birth_date
birth_place	Haryana, India
residence	Haryana
party	Indian National Congress (till 2019, 2024–present)
otherparty	Bharatiya Janata Party (2024)
Aam Aadmi Party (2022–2024)
Trinamool Congress (2021–2022)
children	2
spouse
parents	Dilbag Singh
alma_mater	Jawahar Lal Nehru University
education	M.A.(History), M.Phil (History), Ph.D.

Aam Aadmi Party (2022–2024) Trinamool Congress (2021–2022)

Ashok Tanwar (born 12 February 1976) is an Indian politician who has served as the President of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, Member of Parliament from Sirsa and Secretary, All India Congress Committee. He is a former President of Indian Youth Congress and NSUI. He was the youngest person to become the president of Indian Youth Congress. On 3 October 2024, he rejoined Indian National Congress in the presence of Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi.

Early life

He was born in a Chamar family in Chimni, Jhajjar district, Haryana to Dilbag Singh and Krishna Rathi. He did his BA from the Kakatiya University, Warangal. He went to Jawaharlal Nehru University's centre for Historical Studies and completed his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Medieval Indian History).

Political career

Tanwar started his career as an activist of the NSUI at JNU.

Youth politics

Tanwar rose to prominence when he contested the election for the president of student union of JNU. He became NSUI's secretary in 1999 and its president in 2003. Under his leadership, the NSUI won two elections in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) since he took over in 2003 and improved its performance in the Left-dominated JNU.

During Ashok Tanwar's term as president, the Indian Youth Congress tried to strengthen its network at block, district and state level through workshops, seminars, street plays and social work related to the public issues.

Lok Sabha elections

In 2009 he won the Lok Sabha elections from Sirsa in Haryana as a Congress party's candidate with a margin of 354999 votes. However he lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as Congress Party's candidate to Charanjeet Singh Rori of Indian National Lok Dal.

President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee

He became the president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee on 14 February 2014. He was succeeded by Selja Kumari as party president on 4 September 2019. He quit the Indian National Congress on 5 October 2019.

Bharatiya Janata Party

On 20 January 2024, Tanwar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of former CM of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. He unsuccessfully contested the 2024 Indian General Election from the Sirsa losing to Kumari Selja of Indian National Congress by a margin of more than 2.50 lakh votes.

Return to Congress

On 3 October 2024, on the last day of campaigning ahead of the Haryana Assembly election, Ashok Tanwar rejoined Congress

Personal life

In June 2005, Ashok Tanwar married Avantika Maken, daughter of Lalit Maken and maternal granddaughter of former Indian President, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. They have two children, one son and one daughter, Adikarta and Abhistada.

Positions held

Period	Position
Jan 2005 - Feb 2010	President, Indian Youth Congress
2009 -2014	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
23 Sep 2009	Member, Library Committee
2009	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forest
2009	Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on office of Profit
25 Jan 2010	Convenor, Parliamentary Forum on Youth
18 May 2012	Member, Public Accounts Committee
29 Jun 2012	Member, PAC Sub-Committee - II (Railways)

References

[https://archive.today/20120917201903/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080423/jsp/nation/story_9175080.jsp Rahul’s backroom boys and a girl]
(3 October 2024). "BJP leader Ashok Tanwar joins Congress at Rahul Gandhi's rally in Haryana's Mahendragarh".
(2016-10-13). "Ashok Tanwar attacked for being Dalit: Haryana min". Business Standard.
(6 November 2010). "Ashok Tanwar: Keeping promises is the biggest task".
{{usurped. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081113125146/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/01/20/stories/2005012008350400.htm Tanwar New Youth Congress Chief]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090519221005/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/7/07/sirsa.html Sirsa Constituency Result 2009 Lok sabha]
[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/youth-congress-chief-gets-cong-ticket-fr.../444061/ Youth Congress chief gets Cong ticket from Sirsa]
"Congress wins nine out of 10 seats in Haryana".
[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140517/haryana.htm#9 Rori trounces Tanwar in Sirsa ]
"Congress now anti-thesis of democracy: Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar resigns". India Today.
"Ashok Tanwar joins BJP: Ex-Congress star and Rahul aide makes another jump in Haryana, leaves AAP in lurch". Indian Express.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-mp-ashok-tanwar-rejoins-congress-4th-party-switch-in-5-years-6706967
"Digital Sansad".

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