{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Raj Kumar Chauhan | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|3|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Delhi, India | death_date = | death_place = | office = Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = December 1993 | term_start = 8 February 2025 | term_end1 = December 2013 | predecessor1 = ''Constituency Established'' | successor1 = Rakhi Birla | constituency1 = Mangol Puri | office1 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | website = | other_party = Indian National Congress (till 2024) }} '''Raj Kumar Chauhan''' (born 27 March 1957) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected from Mangol Puri constituency to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Delhi Legislative Assembly on an Indian National Congress ticket (INC) and is currently serving in 8th as BJP member. and served as the Minister for Education and Social Welfare from December 2001 to December 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 November 2008 |title=Raj Kumar Chauhan (51),Congress,Mangolpuri |url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/raj-kumar-chauhan-51-congress-mangolpuri/story-CMJ3nsxlTjxB7AA5gZaOeM.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Name |url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/Raj_Kumar_Chauhan.htm}}</ref> He also served as the Minister for Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Public Works Department, SC/ST Welfare Department in the Second and Third Sheila Dikshit cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/raj-kumar-chauhan-lands-under-lokayukta-scanner-again-109401-2012-07-14|title = Delhi PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan lands under Lokayukta scanner again}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Dec172008/national20081217107269.asp?section=updatenews |title=Deccan Herald - Shiela Dikshit takes oath as CM for third time |publisher=Archive.deccanherald.com |access-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817205142/http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Dec172008/national20081217107269.asp?section=updatenews# |archive-date=17 August 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
In May 2024, he, along with Arvinder Singh Lovely, Naseeb Singh and other former INC MLAs, resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP, citing their dissatisfaction with Congress's alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-02 |title=2 more senior Delhi Congress leaders Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya join Arvinder Singh Lovely list |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/2-more-senior-delhi-congress-leaders-naseeb-singh-and-neeraj-basoya-join-arvinder-singh-lovely-list/articleshow/109762768.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-01-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Livemint |date=2024-05-01 |title=Ex-Congress MLAs Neeraj Basoya, Nasseb Singh resign from party over AAP pact |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pact-with-aap-extremely-humiliating-ex-congress-mlas-neeraj-basoya-nasseb-singh-resign-from-party-11714536203220.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503055133/https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pact-with-aap-extremely-humiliating-ex-congress-mlas-neeraj-basoya-nasseb-singh-resign-from-party-11714536203220.html |archive-date=3 May 2024 |access-date=2025-01-05 |work=mint |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Electoral performance == {{transcluded section|source=Mangol Puri Assembly constituency}} {{#section:Mangol Puri Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 1993}} {{#section:Mangol Puri Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 1998}} {{#section:Mangol Puri Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2003}} {{#section:Mangol Puri Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2008}} {{#section:Mangol Puri Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2013}} {{#section:Mangol Puri Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2015}}
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==External links== * https://www.facebook.com/RajkumarChauhanCongress/ * https://www.instagram.com/rajkumarchauhancongress/?hl=en
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chauhan, Raj Kumar}} Category:Living people Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election Category:1957 births Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi Category:Delhi MLAs 2008–2013 Category:Delhi MLAs 2003–2008 Category:Delhi MLAs 1993–1998 Category:Delhi MLAs 1998–2003 Category:Delhi MLAs 2025–2030
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