{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ashok Kumar Chauhan | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | constituency = Ambedkar Nagar | office = MLA | term_start = 2013 | term_end = 2015 | predecessor = Ch Prem Singh | successor = Ajay Dutt | children = | footnotes = | source = https://delhim.aamaadmiparty/Delhi-Elections-2013/AmbedkarNagar/AshokKumarChauhan Ashok Kumar Chauhan }} '''Ashok Kumar Chauhan''' (known as Ashok Kumar or Ashok Chauhan) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Previously a member of the Aam Admi Party (AAP), he was an MLA from Ambedkar Nagar constituency in the Delhi State Legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delhi.aamaadmiparty.org/Delhi-Elections-2013/AmbedkarNagar/AshokKumarChauhan |title=Ambedkar Nagar - Ashok Kumar Chauhan, Candidates Delhi 2013 |publisher=Aam Aadmi Party official website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210131327/http://delhi.aamaadmiparty.org/Delhi-Elections-2013/AmbedkarNagar/AshokKumarChauhan |archivedate=2014-02-10 }}</ref>
==Political career== In the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, Chauhan was declared the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Ambedkar Nagar. He won the seat, defeating Khushi Ram Chunar of the BJP by 11670 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseU05.htm?st=U05|title= NCT OF Delhi Result Status|publisher= Election Commission of India|access-date= 16 December 2013|archive-date= 18 May 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094200/http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseU05.htm?st=U05|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Aam Aadmi Party's 'giant killers'">{{cite news |title=Aam Aadmi Party's 'giant killers' |url=https://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/aam-aadmi-partys-giant-killers-16572 |access-date=20 March 2025 |work= |publisher=NDTV |date=9 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320085917/https://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/aam-aadmi-partys-giant-killers-16572 |archive-date=20 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2014, witnessing the autocratic and totalitarian rule of Arvind Kejriwal within AAP, he joined BJP. He believes in the idea of free-speech and constructive criticism and has vowed to change the life of lakhs of poor people living in the nethermost depths of the socio-economic status hierarchy.<ref name="Former AAP MLA Ashok Chauhan joins BJP">{{cite news |title=Former AAP MLA Ashok Chauhan joins BJP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/former-aap-mla-ashok-chauhan-joins-bjp/ |access-date=20 March 2025 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320085852/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/former-aap-mla-ashok-chauhan-joins-bjp/ |archive-date=20 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Former AAP legislator joins BJP">{{cite news |last1= |last2= |first2= |title=Former AAP legislator joins BJP |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/former-aap-legislator-joins-bjp-23388.html |access-date=20 March 2025 |work= |publisher=India TV News |date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320085944/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/former-aap-legislator-joins-bjp-23388.html |archive-date=20 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Former AAP legislator Ashok Kumar Chauhan joins BJP">{{cite news |title=Former AAP legislator Ashok Kumar Chauhan joins BJP |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/story/ashok-kumar-chauhan-aap-bjp-ambedkar-nagar-narendra-modi-ashwini-upadhyay-ms-dhir-230095-2014-12-06 |access-date=20 March 2025 |publisher=India Today |date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320085957/https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/story/ashok-kumar-chauhan-aap-bjp-ambedkar-nagar-narendra-modi-ashwini-upadhyay-ms-dhir-230095-2014-12-06 |archive-date=20 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he contested on BJP ticket from Ambedkar Nagar but lost to Aam Aadmi Party's candidate Ajay Dutt by a margin of 42460 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi verdict: How ordinary trio became Aam Aadmi MLAs|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/delhi-elections-2015/top-stories/Delhi-verdict-How-ordinary-trio-became-Aam-Aadmi-MLAs/articleshow/46206310.cms|work=The Times of India|date=12 February 2015}}</ref>
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