{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Girish Soni | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Delhi | office = Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | constituency_AM1 = Madipur | assembly1 = Delhi Legislative | term_start1 = 2013 | term_end1 = 2025 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | party = Aam Aadmi Party | portfolio = Ex-Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi | spouse = | children = | footnotes = | source = }}
'''Girish Soni''' Is an Indian politician of the Aam Aadmi Party and a former cabinet minister of SC & ST, Employment, Development and Labour of Delhi (28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014) under then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. He was a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Madipur constituency of Delhi, which he represented from 2013 till 2025.
==Personal life== Girish Soni was born on 3 December 1963 in Delhi. His father's name is Babu Lal Soni. Soni completed his 10th standard from Govt. Boys Senior Sec. School, Madipur; under the CBSE board of Delhi. He is educated till 12th standard and could not study further due to financial problems. He did a Refrigeration and Air-conditioning diploma course with Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Pusa, New Delhi in 1982.<ref name="aff"/><ref name="nic"/><ref name="hindu"/> He is a manufacturer and trader of leather goods and runs a small business under the name of M/S Mascot Leather Craft.<ref name="aff">{{cite web | url=http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3delhi2015/105/U05_AC26MADIPURSC_02_GIRISH%20SONI.pdf| title=Affidavit | publisher=myneta.info | access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="hindu"/>
Soni is married to Mamta Soni (who is self-employed). They have two daughters and a son. He likes doing social service, reading and listening to old songs.<ref name="nic">{{cite web | url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/GirishSoni.htm | title=Girish Soni profile | publisher=Delhi Assembly official site | access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> His father is his inspiration in life.<ref name="hindu"/>
==Politics== Soni was a member of the Bharat Naujawan Sabha in the 1980s and was the general secretary of the party in Madipur assembly constituency.<ref name="hindu"/>
Soni was part of ''Bijli Pani Andolan'' ("electricity water agitation") of the Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal.<ref name="hindu"/> It demanded cheap water and electricity for the people of Delhi.
Soni fought the assembly elections of December 2013 from Madipur, which was reserved for Scheduled caste. He polled 36,393 votes and won by a margin of 1,103 over Kailash Sankla of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also defeated the three-time and sitting heavyweight MLA Mala Ram Gangwal of the Indian National Congress (INC),.<ref>{{cite news|agency=PTI |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-12-09/news/44989362_1_aap-candidate-congress-candidate-congress-mla |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213191624/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-12-09/news/44989362_1_aap-candidate-congress-candidate-congress-mla |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 December 2013 |title=Delhi polls: Aam Admi Party wrests reserved seats from Congress |publisher=The Economic Times |date=9 December 2013 |access-date=2013-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-polls/delhi-assembly-elections-result-2013-bjp-aap-make-early-gains-congress-catches-up_895190.html |title=Delhi election results 2013: As it happened |publisher=Zee News |access-date=2013-12-20}}</ref> He was appointed the cabinet minister of SC & ST, Employment, Development and Labour. Along with Rakhi Birla, he was one of the two Dalit ministers in Delhi cabinet under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|title=Girish Soni: AAP's Dalit face with big dreams for poor|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/girish-soni-aaps-dalit-face-with-big-dreams-for-poor/article5512228.ece?ref=relatedNews|newspaper=Hindu}}</ref> At 49, he was the oldest minister in the cabinet.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/02/14/article502277.ece/Delhi-has-the-youngest-cabinet | title=Delhi has the youngest cabinet | work=ABP News | date=14 February 2015 | agency=PTI | access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> Soni was a minister for a short tenure of 49 days (28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014); the Kejriwal and his cabinet resigned.
The AAP renominated Soni as the Madipur candidate for the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. He secured 66,571 votes and defeated BJP's Raj Kumar by a victory margin of 29,387 votes.<ref name="ec">{{cite web | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU054.htm | title=Election Result | publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA | access-date=16 February 2015 | archive-date=15 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215154246/http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU054.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210143352/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 |date=2015-02-10 }}</ref> The AAP won 67 of the 70 seats. However, Soni was kept out of the new cabinet under Kejriwal.
==Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - 2025)== From 2020 till 2025, he was an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly<!-- representing Palam Assembly constituency -->.
;Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly<ref>{{cite web |title=Committee System in Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi |url=http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CS-Eng.pdf |website=Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163636/http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CS-Eng.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Member (2022-2023), Public Accounts Committee<ref name="Delhi House Committees 2021-2022">{{cite web |title=Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022 |url=http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeComposition.htm |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226020949/http://www.delhiassembly.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeComposition.htm |archive-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
==Electoral performance == {{transcluded section|source=Madipur Assembly constituency}} {{#section:Madipur Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2020}}
== References ==
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