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Avtar Singh Bhadana (born 17 December 1957) is an Indian politician from Faridabad in Haryana. He is a former Minister in Haryana, former MP and former MLA of Uttar Pradesh representing the Meerapur Assembly constituency as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/meerapur.html|title=Meerapur Election Results 2017, Winner and Runner-up, Candidate list|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2017-04-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/interactives/election-candidates-2017/up/meerapur/|title=Find out who is contesting from Meerapur, Uttar Pradesh|website=www.hindustantimes.com|access-date=2017-04-27}} He has formerly been a member of the Lok Sabha for 4 terms.{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/news/faridabad-ex-mp-to-contest-up-assembly-polls/articleshow/57072945.cms|title=Faridabad ex-MP to contest UP assembly polls|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-04-27}}

He has won from Faridabad Lok Sabha in the year 1991, 2004 and 2009 and Meerut Lok Sabha in 1999. He was defeated by Krishan Pal Gurjar in 2014 and 2019 consecutively.

Early life

Avtar Singh Bhadana was born on 17 December 1957 in a Hindu Gujjar family in Anangpur village in Faridabad district of Haryana. His father was Nahar Singh and his mother was Bharti Devi. Kartar Singh Bhadana is his brother.

Politics

When he was 34, he became the Member of Parliament for Faridabad. Bhadana started his political career at a very young age and also became a minister in the Haryana government while he was also an MLA and MP for six months in the Devi Lal government.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

He is the longest serving Lok Sabha MP from Gurjar Caste. The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, also apologized to him in Court for claiming that Bhadana was one of the most corrupt politicians in the country.{{Cite web|title=मानहानि केस में बैकफुट पर अरविंद केजरीवाल, दिल्ली HC में मांगी माफी|url=https://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-ncr-cm-arvind-kejriwal-apologized-to-congress-mp-from-haryana-avtar-singh-bhadana-in-hc-16577286.html|access-date=2021-03-27|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}