Prakash Jarwal

Prakash Jarwal is an Indian politician from the Aam Admi Party, currently representing Deoli constituency in the Delhi State Legislature.[1][2][3]

Prakash Jarwal
Delhi Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyDeoli, Delhi
Personal details
Political partyAAP
ResidenceDelhi
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About

Jarwal is the youngest candidate of Aam Aadmi Party, 25 years old. Jarwal has left his job of assistant manager in a multinational company, to join the anti-Corruption movement and later AAP.[4] Jarwal has been jailed for an alleged assault on a Delhi Jal Board junior engineer.[5]

On 21 July 2017, Jarwal was booked for molesting and harassing a woman who was allegedly a member of the Rashtravadi Janata Party.[6]

On 20 February 2018, an assault case was filed by Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash against Jarwal and fellow legislator Amanatullah Khan for allegedly slapping and abusing him at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.[7] He was granted bail on 9 March.[8] In 2021, a Delhi court dismissed the assault case filed by the Delhi bureaucrat against Kejriwal and ten AAP MLAs and discharged them of all charges. The court noted that "no prima facie case" was made against them.[9]

On 18 April 2020, a 52-year-old doctor, Rajendra Singh, had allegedly committed suicide, holding Jarwal responsible in his suicide note following which police had registered a case against the legislator on charges of extortion and abetment to suicide.[10]

Electoral performance
Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Deoli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Prakash Jarwal 51,646 43.65 New
BJP Gagan Rana 34,538 29.19 +5.48
INC Arvinder Singh Lovely 26,140 22.09 -21.32
BSP Kishor Kumar Rajora 4,419 3.73 -22.29
None of the Above None 838 0.71 New
Majority 17,108 14.46 -2.93
Turnout 1,18,364 64.22 +23.80
AAP gain from INC Swing +43.65
Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Deoli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Prakash Jarwal 96,530 70.61 +26.96
BJP Arvind Kumar 32,593 23.84 -5.35
INC Rajesh Chauhan 4,968 3.63 -17.46
BSP Dalchand Kapil 1,569 1.15 -2.48
None of the Above None 502 0.37 -0.34
Majority 63,937 46.77 +32.31
Turnout 1,36,721 67.59 +15.55
AAP hold Swing +26.96
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Deoli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Prakash Jarwal 92,575 61.59 -9.02
BJP Arvind Kumar 52,402 34.86 +11.02
INC Arvinder Singh 2,711 1.80 -1.83
BSP Ravi Kumar 620 0.61 -0.54
None of the Above None of the Above 703 0.47 +0.10
Majority 40,173 26.73 -20.04
Turnout 1,50,388 63.53 -4.06
AAP hold Swing -9.02

References
  1. "Deoli -Prakash, Candidates Delhi 2013". Aam Aadmi Party official website.
  2. "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. "Deoli's Hopes Ride on Youngest MLA". Hindustan Times. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2014. – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  4. "Youth is the mantra for AAP". The Statesman website. 30 October 2013.
  5. "AAP MLA Prakash Jrawal held for assault on Delhi Jal Board engineer". India Today website. 26 May 2014.
  6. "AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal booked for molestation for the second time". 21 July 2017.
  7. "Delhi Chief Secretary 'assault': AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal granted bail by Delhi High Court". 9 March 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  8. "Delhi Chief Secretary 'assault': AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal granted bail by Delhi High Court". 9 March 2018.
  9. Ohri, Raghav (12 August 2021). "Court throws out assault case against Arvind Kejriwal and 10 Others". The Economic Times. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  10. "Doctor suicide: Non-Bailable warrant against AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal". The Indian Express. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.


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