Arvinder Singh Lovely (Deoli MLA)

Not to be confused with Arvinder Singh Lovely, MLA from Gandhi Nagar constituency.
Arvinder Singh Lovely
MLA
In office
2008–2013
Succeeded by Prakash Jarwal
Constituency Deoli
Personal details
Born (1965-01-03) January 3, 1965
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Citizenship Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party (2015 onwards)
Other political
affiliations		 Indian National Congress (until 2015)
Spouse(s) Alka Singh
Relations Buta Singh (father)
Children 2
Residence Delhi
Occupation Businessman
[1]

Arvinder Singh Lovely is an Indian politician. He was elected as an MLA from Deoli constituency of Delhi, on an Indian National Congress ticket in 2008. In 2015, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party, after Congress denied a ticket to his father Buta Singh.[2]

Political career

Arvinder Singh Lovely was born to former minister and veteran Congress leader Buta Singh, in a Scheduled Caste Sikh family. In the 2008 Delhi Assembly elections, Congress gave him a ticket from Deoli. His father, who was the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes at that time, took leave from work to campaign for him.[3] He achieved a surprise victory, defeating BSP's Sreelal by a big margin of 16,627 votes.[4]

In 2010, he raised the issue of reservation for scheduled castes in Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The proposal was shot down by his namesake Arvinder Singh Lovely, who was the Delhi Gurudwara election and administration minister at that time.[5]

In the 2013 Delhi Assembly elections, he was defeated by Prakash Jarwal of AAP. In 2015, he left Congress to join BJP.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile on Delhi Assembly website". Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  2. ↑ "Delhi Elections: Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP after Congress denies ticket to father Buta Singh". Indian Express. 2015-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Papa Buta takes leave for son sake". Mid-Day. 2008-11-27.
  4. ↑ "Delhi gives a third term to Congress". The Hindu. 2008-12-09.
  5. ↑ "'No quota in Gurudwara polls'". Hindustan Times. 2010-08-21.
  6. ↑ "Buta Singh's son Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP". The Hindu. 2015-01-13.
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