Rajesh Garg
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Rajesh Garg, sometimes known as Rajesh Garg Rohiniwala, is an Indian politician.{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131210/news-current-affairs/gallery/meet-aam-aadmi-party-aap-winners-politicians-difference |title=Meet Aam Aadmi Party winners: Politicians with a difference |date=10 December 2013 |work=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=28 December 2017}} He was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Rohini constituency in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.{{cite news |date=2 January 2014 |title=AAP legislator travels to Assembly on e-rickshaw |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aap-legislator-travels-to-assembly-on-erickshaw/article5529242.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210165013/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aap-legislator-travels-to-assembly-on-erickshaw/article5529242.ece |archivedate=10 February 2025 |accessdate=10 February 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}{{cite news |date=20 January 2020 |title=Delhi assembly elections: Why contest is on a knife’s edge in this crime-hit middle-class segment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/why-contest-is-on-a-knifes-edge-in-this-crime-hit-middle-class-segment/articleshow/73396902.cms |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210164948/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/why-contest-is-on-a-knifes-edge-in-this-crime-hit-middle-class-segment/articleshow/73396902.cms |archivedate=10 February 2025 |accessdate=10 February 2025 |publisher=The Times of India}} He is also a Right to Information activist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/arvind-kejriwals-aam-aadmi-party-gets-bheem-boost-for-delhi-polls-533919 |title=Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party gets 'Bheem' boost for Delhi polls |date=7 September 2013 |work=NDTV |access-date=27 December 2017 |agency=Press Trust of India |location=New Delhi}}
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Political career
While a student at the University of Delhi, Garg was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student and youth wing of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He left ABVP to join a student leader who had left the National Students' Union of India, the student and youth wing of the Indian National Congress in the same year, to form a Chhatra Morcha, in order to contest Delhi University Students' Union elections. Garg was elected president.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
Garg's wife fought an election on the Congress ticket. In spite of being a Congress member, he took part in the Jan Lokpal Andolan. Aam Aadmi Party suspended Garg when he released an audio tape featuring Arvind Kejriwal.{{cite news |date=16 March 2015 |title=AAP suspends former MLA Rajesh Garg |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/AAP-suspends-former-MLA-Rajesh-Garg/article60330833.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210164139/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/AAP-suspends-former-MLA-Rajesh-Garg/article60330833.ece |archivedate=10 February 2025 |accessdate=10 February 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}{{cite news |date=17 March 2015 |title=Aam Aadmi Party suspends Rohini MLA Rajesh Garg for ‘anti-party activities’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/aap-suspends-rajesh-garg-for-anti-party-activities/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210164159/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/aap-suspends-rajesh-garg-for-anti-party-activities/ |archivedate=10 February 2025 |accessdate=10 February 2025 |publisher=The Indian Express |language=en}} He alleged that Kejriwal's men used to call him and other MLAs, pretending to be leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party and asking for support.{{Cite video |url=http://www.news18.com/videos/politics/aap-fake-calls-rajesh-gargrupashree-978317.html |title=Kejriwal gave consent for phone calls to AAP MLAs offering money to support BJP: Ex party leader |date=31 March 2015 |last=Nanda |first=Rupashree |type= |website=News18}}
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