Kartar Singh Tanwar

Kartar Singh Tanwar
Kartar Singh Tanwar
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly; for Chhatarpur
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; Feb 2015
Preceded by	Brahm Singh Tanwar
Personal details
Born	12 December 1962[1]; New Delhi[1]
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party[1]
Spouse(s)	Kusum Lata (wife)
Children	3 sons
Parents	Horam (father)[1]
Residence	New Delhi
Alma mater	G. B. Pant Polytechnic[2]
Profession	Politician & Businessperson

Kartar Singh Tanwar is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[1][2] He represents the Chhatarpur constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party.[3][4]

Early life and education

Kartar Singh Tanwar was born in New Delhi. A Gurjar by caste. He attended the G. B. Pant Polytechnic and attained a Diploma in engineering.[2][1]

Political career

Tanwar has been a MLA for one term. He represented the Chhatarpur constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party.[2][1] Before joining AAP in 2014, he was a leader with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His political career, however, started way back in 2007, when he became the corporator for the Bhati ward two term Before taking the plunge into politics, Tanwar was a junior engineer with the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

On 27 July 2016, the Income Tax department raided Tanwar's home, office, farmhouse along with his brother's chatar singh residence. Tanwar had submitted an affidavit in 2015 to the Election Commission of India summing only ₹17.64 crore (US$2.5 million) of total assets.[5]

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References

"Member Profile". Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
"Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
"2015 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
"All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
Ghose, Debobrat (10 August 2016). "Fresh crisis for Arvind Kejriwal with Aam Aadmi Party's Kartar Singh Tanwar on I-T radar". First Post. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

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[Member_Profile-1] "Member Profile". Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[Candidate_affidavit-2] "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[2015_Election_Results-3] "2015 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[All_MLAs_from_constituency-4] "All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[5] Ghose, Debobrat (10 August 2016). "Fresh crisis for Arvind Kejriwal with Aam Aadmi Party's Kartar Singh Tanwar on I-T radar". First Post. Retrieved 10 August 2016.