Abhimanyu Poonia is an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Sangaria. He is also president of the Rajasthan Youth Congress and member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. Previously he was state president of the

National Students Union of India The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress. It was established on 9 April 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad ...

(NSUI) in Rajasthan from 2017 to 2020.

Political career

From 2017 to 2020, Poonia was state president of the

(NSUI) in Rajasthan. In 2020, he resigned from this post in support of

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during a political crisis within the Congress party, alongside claims that 400-500 post-holders in Youth Congress, NSUI, and Seva Dal also resigned in protest. In December 2023, Poonia won the Sangaria assembly seat, becoming a

Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

(MLA) in the

16th Rajasthan Assembly The Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan was constituted after the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded in November 2023 and the results were declared on 3 December 2023. Composition * In the 2023 Rajasthan ...

. Around the same time, he was appointed president of the Rajasthan Youth Congress, a position he continues to hold. In June 2025, Poonia participated in a protest led by Hanuman Beniwal regarding the Udaipur doctor suicide case. On 20 June, the state government agreed to all demands made by the deceased doctor's family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poonia, Abhimanyu Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Rajasthan MLAs 2023–2028 People from Hanumangarh district Indian Youth Congress Indian National Congress politicians from Rajasthan