Arvinder Singh Lovely (Deoli MLA)

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] He left BJP in 2019 to join Indian National Congress again. In 2020, he contested from Deoli constituency of Delhi on the Indian National Congress ticket and lost.

Not to be confused with Arvinder Singh Lovely, MLA for Delhi – Gandhi Nagar.
Arvinder Singh
MLA
In office
2008–2013
Succeeded byPrakash Jarwal
ConstituencyDeoli
Personal details
Born (1965-01-03) 3 January 1965
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress (2008–2015, and from 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party (2015–2019)
Spouse(s)Alka Singh
RelationsButa Singh (father)
Children2
ResidenceDelhi
OccupationBusinessman
[1]

Political career

Arvinder Singh 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 13 January 2015.
  2. "Delhi Elections: Arvinder Singh joins BJP after Congress denies ticket to father Buta Singh". Indian Express. 13 January 2015.
  3. "Papa Buta takes leave for son sake". Mid-Day. 27 November 2008.
  4. "Delhi gives a third term to Congress". The Hindu. 9 December 2008.
  5. "'No quota in Gurudwara polls'". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2010.
  6. "Buta Singh's son Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP". The Hindu. 13 January 2015.
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