Chandrashekhar Azad (politician)
Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Azad in 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Girish Chandra |
| Constituency | Nagina |
| President of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Chief of the Bhim Army | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1986 Chhutmalpur, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Political party | Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) |
| Spouse | Vandana Kumari |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Govardhan Das (father) Kamlesh Devi (mother) |
| Education | L.L.B. |
| Alma mater | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Agriculture & Advocacy & Member of Parliament |
Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan(born 3 December 1986), also written as Chandra Shekhar Azad, an Indian politician, social activist, Ambedkarite activist, and lawyer. He is currently serving Member of Parliament, 18th Lok Sabha from Nagina Since June 2024. He is the chief and co-founder of the Bhim Army.[1] He is the currently national president of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram). In February 2021, Time magazine featured him in its annual list of 100 Emerging Leaders who are Shaping the Future.[2]
Early life
Azad hails from Chhutmalpur village of Saharanpur, Western Uttar Pradesh. His father Govardhan Das retired as a principal of a Government School. He came to prominence as a Bahujan leader after a hoarding titled The Great Chamars of Ghadkhauli Welcome You was installed by him on the outskirts of his village.Chandra shekhar Azad started free coaching classes for all categories and distribute free books for poor students to study.[3][4][5]
Politics
Azad, Satish Kumar, and Vinay Ratan Singh founded Bhim Army in 2014, an organization that works for the emancipation of Dalits through education in India. It runs free schools for Dalits in the western Uttar Pradesh.
In 2020, he founded Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram).
In 2022 UP legislative Assembly election he contested the Gorakhpur Urban Assembly constituency against CM Yogi Adityanath . Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan performed well with getting 3.06% of the vote share .
In the 2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, Azad Samaj Party (ASP) candidate Chandrashekhar Azad won the Nagina Lok Sabha constituency by 1,51,473 votes. He got 5,12,552 votes. BJP's Om Kumar came second, who got 3,61,079 votes.[6][7][8]
Imprisonment
- He was arrested in relation to the Saharanpur violence incident.[9] Azad was arrested under the National Security Act by the Uttar Pradesh Government. Afterwards he was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court after his lawyer argued that the arrests were politically motivated.[10]
- Delhi Police had denied permission to Chandrashekhar Azad's protest march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act from Delhi Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar. He entered into protest at Jama Masjid and was arrested by Delhi police and detained for several days.[11]
See also
- Jignesh Mevani
- Shri Guru Ravidas Gurughar, Tughlakabad
References
- ^ "My Son a Dalit Revolutionary, Say Bhim Army Chief's Mother". News18. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad in Time magazine's list of 100 emerging leaders". The Indian Express. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Trivedi, Divya (2 February 2018). "Fighting spirit". Frontline. The Hindu Group. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Doval, Nikita (9 June 2017). "Chandrashekhar Azad—The man in the blue scarf". Mint. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Tiwary, Deeptiman (26 June 2018). "Walking the faultlines: The Bhim Army has been slowly gaining ground among Dalits locally". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ https://www.aajtak.in/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/story/nagina-loksabha-seat-result-chandra-shekhar-bjp-candidate-om-kumar-manoj-kumar-surendra-pal-lclr-1957048-2024-06-04
- ^ https://www.thelallantop.com/election/post/nagina-loksabha-result-2024-om-kumar-chandrashekhar-azad
- ^ "BJP और चंद्रशेखर आजाद रावण की 'करीबी' नगीना से दे रही है दिलचस्प संकेत". आज तक (in Hindi). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "14 दिन की हिरासत में रावण, गिरफ्तारी के पीछे गर्लफ्रेंड का हाथ". navodayatimes.in (in Hindi). 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "HC says cases against Bhim Army chief 'politically motivated', grants him bail". The Times of India. 3 November 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Azad Arrested Day After Protest In Old Delhi". ndtv.com.