Manjinder Singh Sirsa (born Manjinder Singh Riar; born 28 February 1972) is an Indian politician who is serving as a cabinet minister in the

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and National Secretary of the

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. Sirsa is a

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of the

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, representing

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Political career

He was the

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(MLA) for

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, from 2013 to 2015 while being in the

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal Party'') is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are ma ...

(SAD). He lost his seat in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. In the 2017 bypolls he contested on a

(BJP) ticket, while being a member of the SAD. He was also the President of

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, elected first in 2013 and then again in 2017. Sirsa defeated outgoing president Paramjit Singh Sarna in the 2013 elections. On 1 December 2021, he resigned from SAD, citing personal grounds and joined the BJP. In August 2023, he was appointed National Secretary of the BJP. He was elected as MLA from Rajouri Garden, defeating sitting MLA

Dhanwati Chandela Dhanwati Chandela (born 1960) is an Indian politician in the Aam Aadmi Party. She represents Rajouri Garden in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi, elected to the post in 2020 after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Khanna. ...

by 18190 votes. In 2025, Sirsa was re-elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly election and was appointed a minister of Food & Supplies, Forest & Environment, Industries.

Electoral performance

References

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