Bhavya Bishnoi (born 16 February 1993) is an Indian politician from the

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. He was elected to the

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from the Adampur constituency in the November 2022 by-election. He was the youngest member of the

until 2024 when he lost the

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from Adampur.

Early life and education

Bhavya was born to

Kuldeep Bishnoi Kuldeep Bishnoi (born 22 September 1968) is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as fourth-time member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Adampur, Haryana Assembly constituency, Adampur in the Hisar (city) of ...

and Renuka Bishnoi on 16 February 1993 in New Delhi, India. His father is a two-time former Member of Parliament, and four-time Member of the

. His mother, Renuka Bishnoi, is also a two-time Member of the

. He is the grandson of

Bhajan Lal Bishnoi Bhajan Lal (6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011) was a politician and three-time chief minister of the Indian state of Haryana. He became the Chief Minister for the first time in 1979, was re-elected in 1982, and became the chief minister for the t ...

, the famous political horse-trader, former three-time

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of the Indian state of

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, as well as former Union Minister for Agriculture and Environment in the

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. Bhavya completed his schooling at The Shri Ram School,

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. Bhavya earned a Bachelor’s degree in Government and Economics from the

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and Political Science in London, United Kingdom. Thereafter, he read Modern South Asian Studies (MSc) at

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. He also attended

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. Bishnoi left Harvard without finishing his degree. In 2018, Bhavya founded Bhajan Global Impact Foundation (BGIF). Prior to that, Bhavya was Special Projects Lead at the Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF).

Political career

Bhavya was the youngest Member of Haryana's Legislative Assembly from Adampur until 2024. Prior to this, he contested the

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from the

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, however he lost to Brijendra Singh from the

. On 3 August 2022, Bhavya's father,

, joined the

and resigned from the Adampur constituency. In private, Bhavya had been a vocal opponent of the BJP, so many believe his sudden switch was related to a deal dropping the investigation into his father for corruption and bribery. Bhavya under the

defeated the

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candidate Jai Prakash in a bypoll election by a margin of 15,740 votes with a total voter turnout of 67,492 votes. In the

, Bhavya lost to Congress candidate Chander Prakash. Bishnoi family lost the seat after 56 years.

Personal life

Bishnoi was in a relationship with actress

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since 2020 and the couple got engaged to in 2021. However, the engagement was called off after four months. He married

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officer Pari Bishnoi on 24 December 2023.

References

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