Prakash Jarwal

Prakash Jarwal is an Indian politician from the Aam Admi Party, currently representing Deoli constituency in the Delhi State Legislature.[1][2][3]

Prakash Jarwal
Delhi Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyDeoli, Delhi
Personal details
Political partyAAP
ResidenceDelhi

About

Jarwal is the youngest candidate of Aam Aadmi Party, 25 years old. Jarwal has left his job of assistant manager in a multinational company, to join the anti-Corruption movement and later AAP.[4] Jarwal has been jailed for an alleged assault on a Delhi Jal Board junior engineer.[5]

On 21 July 2017, Jarwal was booked for molesting and harassing a woman who was allegedly a member of the Rashtravadi Janata Party.[6]

On 20 February 2018, Jarwal was arrested for assaulting Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.[7] He was granted bail on 9 March.[8]

On 18 April 2020, a 52-year-old doctor, Rajendra Singh, had allegedly committed suicide, holding Jarwal responsible in his suicide note following which police had registered a case against the legislator on charges of extortion and abetment to suicide.[9]

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References
  1. "Deoli -Prakash, Candidates Delhi 2013". Aam Aadmi Party official website.
  2. "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. "Deoli's Hopes Ride on Youngest MLA". Hindustan Times. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2014. – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  4. "Youth is the mantra for AAP". The Statesman website. 30 October 2013.
  5. "AAP MLA Prakash Jrawal held for assault on Delhi Jal Board engineer". India Today website. 26 May 2014.
  6. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/aap-mla-prakash-jarwal-booked-for-moelstation-for-the-second-time-4760920/
  7. "Attack on Delhi chief secretary: Police arrest AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal". The Times of India. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  8. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/delhi-chief-secretary-assault-aap-mla-prakash-jarwal-granted-bail-by-delhi-high-court-5091730/
  9. "Doctor suicide: Non-Bailable warrant against AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal". The Indian Express. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.


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