Ashish Khetan

Ashish Khetan
Indian general election, 2014 nominee for
Member of Parliament
Election date
7 April to 12 May 2014
Opponent(s) Meenakshi Lekhi
Incumbent Ajay Maken
Personal details
Profession Journalist, Politician
Committees vice-chairman - Delhi Dialogue Commission

Ashish Sureshchandra Khetan is an Indian journalist turned politician.

As a Tehelka journalist, he attracted nationwide attention for The Truth: Gujarat 2002. He later established his own investigative journalism portal called Gulail.[1]

In 2014, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party.[2] He fought the 2014 general elections from New Delhi but lost to Bharatiya Janata Party's Meenakshi Lekhi by a margin of 1,62,708 votes.[3] In 2015, the AAP state government in Delhi appointed him as the vice-chairman of Delhi Dialogue Commission.[4]

References

  1. ↑ From stenography to journalism—Ashish Khetan
  2. ↑ I could've joined politics only through AAP: Ashish Khetan
  3. ↑ Lekhi writes a new chapter
  4. ↑ Delhi Dialogue Commission vice-chairman Ashish Khetan gets facilities on par with Delhi minister
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