Mange Ram Garg (1935/1936 – 21 July 2019) was a leader of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

and a member of

Delhi Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists ...

. A confectioner by profession, Garg joined active politics comparatively late but took massive strides in the ensuing years. He registered his first political win of note back in 2003 when he won from the Wazirpur assembly constituency. In the next Assembly election - in 2008, Garg lost to Congress' Hari Shanker Gupta but by a very slim margin of about three thousand votes. He was entrusted with many significant responsibilities of BJP in Delhi during his political life. Under him, BJP registered strong performances in local municipal body elections as well. He pledged his organs to Dadhichi Deh Dan Samiti. Accordingly, his mortal remains were taken to Lady Hardinge Medical College after his death.

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1930s births 2019 deaths Delhi MLAs 1993–1998 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi Delhi MLAs 2003–2008 {{Delhi-BJP-politician-stub