Ramesh Bidhuri

Ramesh Bidhuri (born 18 July 1961) is an Indian politician and an MP from the BJP.[3]

Ramesh Bidhuri
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byRamesh Kumar
ConstituencySouth Delhi[1]
Chairman of Standing Committee of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Delhi
In office
4 December 2003 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byShish Pal Singh
Succeeded bySahi Ram
ConstituencyTughlakabad (Delhi Assembly constituency)
Personal details
Born (1961-07-18) 18 July 1961
New Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Kamla Bidhuri
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(m. 1987)​
Children3
Residence(s)New Delhi, India
EducationBachelors of Commerce and L.L.B
Alma materChaudhary Charan Singh University[2]
Websiterameshbidhuri.co.in

Bidhuri and members of his family have been active members of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh from their early childhood. Bidhuri started his political career as a student when he was elected as the central councillor of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and to the executive council of Delhi University. He is serving as an MP for the South Delhi constituency for a second successive time and had served as an MLA thrice before becoming an MP.[4]

He is currently the Member of Parliament representing South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) and Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Committee.

Early life

Ramesh Bidhuri was born to Ramrikh Bidhuri and Charto Devi. He is married to Kamla Bidhuri and has two sons and a daughter. He has three older brothers and one younger brother. He did his initial schooling at G.B.S.S School No. 2, Kalkaji, New Delhi.

Since his college days, he has been active in politics. He chose the BJP as his political party. As mentioned before he was a member of the student council and he was General Secretary in the BJP in Delhi State. In 2003–08 he was the Vice President of BJP Delhi. He won three consecutive terms as MLA from 2003 to 2014. BJP chose him for MP candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha election and currently he is Member of parliament (Lok Sabha). His father, late Shri Ramrikh, was a social worker.

Political career

Since his college days, Bidhuri was active in politics. As a student leader he worked diligently and dedicatedly for ABVP since 1983. Bidhuri completed his graduation in B.Com. from Saheed Bhagat Singh College(M), Delhi University and completed his degree in law (LLB) from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut and is now Advocate in Delhi High Court.

Since 1993 he has worked actively in politics occupying prestigious posts in several religious and political organizations. He worked as the District Gen. Secretary Mehrauli district in the year 1996 and served as the Pradesh Secretary of Dharm Yatra of Mahasangh. He also served the party from 1997 to 2003 as District President BJP. He also worked actively as the Vice President BJP Delhi Pradesh from 2003 to 2008. Currently, he is Gen. Secretary, BJP Delhi Pradesh – a position he has occupied since 2008. He joined BJP and has been 3 times MLA from Tughlakabad. In the 2014 Indian general election, Bidhuri was declared as the candidate from South Delhi constituency by BJP. Bidhuri won the election from the South Delhi constituency.[5] He is currently the Member of Parliament representing South Delhi.

In 2019, he defeated Aam Aadmi Party's Raghav Chadha and Indian National Congress's Vijender Singh in elections in South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) by gaining more than 54% votes.[6][7]

Controversy

During a discussion in parliament on 21 September 2023, Bidhuri abused Bahujan Samaj Party MP Kunwar Danish Ali using Islamophobic insults calling him a terrorist that were condemned by parliamentarians and political leaders across party lines.[8][9] However no actions was taken against him by the speaker Om Birla.[10]

References
  1. "Ramesh Bidhuri".
  2. "Ramesh Bidhuri". www.india.gov.in. National Portal of India. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. Kumar, Sanjay (2013). Changing Electoral Politics in Delhi: From Caste to Class. SAGE Publications. p. 152. ISBN 9788132116448. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. "Ramesh Bidhuri". rameshbidhuri.co.in. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. "Members: Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Parliament of India. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. "147 Candidates Including Boxer Vijender Singh, Three AAP Nominees Lose Deposit in Delhi LS Polls". 24 May 2019.
  7. "Ramesh Bidhuri vote share towers over Vijender Singh and Raghav Chadha".
  8. Faisal, Meer. "Muslim MP called 'terrorist, pimp' by BJP member inside India's parliament". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  9. "Will consider leaving Parliament:BSP MP". Hindustan Times. 22 September 2023.
  10. Bureau, The Hindu (22 September 2023). "BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's remarks must be probed by Privileges Committee: Opposition". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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