Akash Vijayvargiya

Akash Vijayvargiya is an Indian politician of BJP from Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.

Akash Vijayvargiya
Member of Legislative Assembly, Madhya Pradesh
Assumed office
December 2018
Preceded byUsha Thakur
ConstituencyIndore-3
Personal details
Born (1984-09-12) 12 September 1984[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parent
Residence(s)880/9, Nandanagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
ProfessionPolitician
Websitehttp://akashvijayvargiya.com

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.[5]

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.[6] After the video clip got viral, he was arrested by MP police.

References
  1. "Akash Vijayvargiya". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. एजेंसी (11 December 2018). "वरिष्ठ कांग्रेस नेता को बीजेपी के सचिव कैलाश विजयवर्गीय के बेटे ने दी चुनावी शिकस्त". Abpnews.abplive.in. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. "आकाश विजयवर्गीय कड़े मुकाबले में फंसे, कैलाश बोले- जीतेगा तो मेरा बेटti ही". Nai Dunia. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. "Akash Vijayvargiya". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. "Case registered against BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya for beating up officer". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 26 July 2019.


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