Akash Vijayvargiya
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Akash Vijayvargiya
| image =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1984|9|12|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Politician/AkashVonline/about/|title=Akash Vijayvargiya|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=26 July 2019}}
| birth_place =
| residence =880/9, Nandanagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
| predecessor = Usha Thakur
| term_end = 3 December 2023
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| succeeded = Golu Shukla
| profession=Politician
| education=
| nationality=Indian
| office=Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| term_start=December 2018
| footnotes =
|website=http://akashvijayvargiya.com
|father=Kailash Vijayvargiya
|constituency= Indore-3
}}
Akash Vijayvargiya is an Indian politician of BJP from Indore, Madhya Pradesh.{{cite web|url=https://abpnews.abplive.in/india-news/mp-election-result-akash-vijayvargiya-of-bjp-won-against-ashwin-joshi-of-congress-in-a-close-fight-1028666|title=वरिष्ठ कांग्रेस नेता को बीजेपी के सचिव कैलाश विजयवर्गीय के बेटे ने दी चुनावी शिकस्त|last=एजेंसी|date=11 December 2018|website=Abpnews.abplive.in|accessdate=15 December 2018}} In 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Vijayvargiya defeated Indian National Congress veteran and 3 time MLA Ashwin Joshi by a margin of over 5700 votes to win his debut election.{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS12206.htm?ac=206|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212172927/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS12206.htm?ac=206|archive-date=12 December 2018|url-status=dead}} He is author of spiritual motivational book ‘Dev Se Mahadev’. This book was launched in presence of Baba Ramdev. He is the eldest son of Bharatiya Janata Party's National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.{{cite web|url=http://hindi.webdunia.com/mp-chunav-2018/kailash-vijayvargiya-confidence-akash-vijayvargiya-will-win-118121100023_1.html|title=आकाश विजयवर्गीय कड़े मुकाबले में फंसे, कैलाश बोले- जीतेगा तो मेरा बेटti ही|accessdate=8 March 2019|publisher=Nai Dunia}}
Akash Vijayvargiya was awarded by "Daink Bhaskar Eminent award 2021" at Delhi for his extra ordinary efforts to help society during Covid Era. In 2023, was awarded again by central minister Ashwini Vaishnav for development work in his constituency.
Biography
He is a post-graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, USA in Environment Engineering. He had conducted entrepreneur research work at IIM Ahmedabad. His research project was selected by IIM Ahmedabad for online business implementation in India.
He joined the BJP since 2008 and presently from 11 November 2012 as the District Officer of Deendayal Mandal Serving.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Politician/AkashVonline/about/|title=Akash Vijayvargiya|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=26 July 2019}}
Controversies
On 26 June 2019, he was in the news for beating up a government servant with a cricket bat, an action which drew sharp criticism from all quarters, including members of his own political party.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/after-beating-up-officer-with-bat-akash-vijayvargiya-says-dana-dan-is-our-line-of-action-1556472-2019-06-26|title=Case registered against BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya for beating up officer|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=26 July 2019|agency=Ist}} After the video clip got viral, he was arrested by MP police.
References
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External links
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Category:Politicians from Indore
Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
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