Raghav Chadha

Raghav Chadha is a Chartered accountant and an Indian Political leader from the Aam Aadmi Party.  He is the youngest national spokesperson for AAP and among the youngest spokesperson across parties. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and the MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi, elected in 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. Chadha has chartered a political career graph by undertaking crucial roles for the party. He has served as a member of the Political Affairs committee, National Executive committee (highest decision making body of the party) and National Treasurer for AAP.  He has also been tasked with the role of litigation in-charge for the party and the face of the party in all Prime TV Shows. He was signed on as an advisor to Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia to assist him in the preparation for 2016 budget at an honorarium remuneration of Re.1 per month. He worked in the capacity of a financial advisor. His appointment was retroactively terminated by Union Minister of Home Affairs in April, 2018.[3][4][5]

Raghav Chadha
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office Feb 12, 2020
Preceded by	Vijender Garg Vijay
Constituency	Rajinder Nagar
Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board
Incumbent
Assumed office March 4, 2020
Preceded by	Dinesh Mohaniya
Personal details
Born	11 November 1988 Delhi, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Alma mater	University of Delhi Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Profession	Chartered accountant
Known for	Spokespersons of AAP[1][2]
Website	Official Website

He was unanimously voted into the party's National Executive Committee. He was appointed as the in charge for South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency for the general elections in 2019 which he miserably lost.[6]

Post 2020 elections, Mr.Chadha was given the post of Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board.

Early life and career

Born on 11 November 1988 and raised in New Delhi, Chadha received his school education from the capital city's Modern School, Barakhamba Road and graduated University of Delhi (DU). He then pursued Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India, post which he went to the ‘London School of Economics’ for a certification course of EMBA, which is typically a backdoor entry into a reputed institution.. In his early he worked with accountancy firms including Deloitte and Grand Thornton. He was setting up a boutique wealth management company in England (London) & in India (Delhi) when the ‘India Against Corruption’ (IAC) movement began to take its course in India. He found his calling and came to join the Anna movement.

When AAP won the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election with a thumping majority, Chadha at the age of 26 was appointed as AAP's national treasure.  In April 2018, the then Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, terminated his appointment as an advisor to Sisodia along with 9 other advisors.

In 2018, he contested from the South Delhi Parliamentary constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He lost in the elections to the BJP candidate, Ramesh Bidhuri by over 200,000 votes.[7] In February 2020, he contested from the Rajendra Nagar constituency in 2020 Delhi Assembly and won against BJP's candidate RP Singh.  Following the elections he was appointed as vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and assigned the water portfolio in the Delhi  Government.

References

1. "Official Spokespersons". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
2. "Meet Raghav Chadha, AAP ka cute quotient - Times of India". Times of India. 19 February 2015.
3. "Sacked AAP adviser Raghav Chadha refunds Rs 2.5 salary to home ministry". 18 April 2018 – via Business Standard.
4. "AAP Leader Raghav Chadha Sends Demand Draft For Rs 2.50 As "Refund" To Home Minister". NDTV.com.
5. "Sacked AAP advisor Raghav Chadha sends Rs 2.5 demand draft to home ministry, claims Centre targeting 'honest' people - Politics News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 18 April 2018.
6. "AAP scouting candidates for Lok Sabha polls: Atishi Marlena, Raghav Chadha and Dilip Pandey probables". 8 April 2018.
7. https://www.firstpost.com/politics/lok-sabha-election-result-in-south-delhi-bjp-marches-ahead-aaps-raghav-chadha-distant-second-6690321.html