Dharamvir Gandhi (born 1 June 1951) is an Indian politician and a member of

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. In

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he was elected from

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defeating the incumbent MP

Preneet Kaur Preneet Kaur (born 3 October 1944) is an Indian politician who served in the Government of India as a Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2014. She is married to Amarinder Singh, who was the 15th Chief Minister ...

. He was earlier a member of the

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, ) is a List of political parties in India, political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then gover ...

(AAP) and Nawa Punjab Party.

Career

During his college days, Gandhi was detained for a month in

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, for protesting against the 1977 Emergency. He went on to become a reputed

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of Patiala. He also worked as a senior lecturer at the

Government Medical College, Patiala Government Medical College, Patiala is a public medical college located in Patiala, in the state of Punjab, India. It is the second-oldest medical college in the state. History Government Medical College, Patiala was proposed in October 1951 ...

's Department of Cardiology. Gandhi joined politics inspired by the

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, and campaigned for the AAP during the

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. He contested the

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from Patiala on an AAP ticket. During the campaign, he was assaulted in the Rasulpur Saidan area, allegedly by the

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Municipal Councillor Rajinder Singh Virk. Gandhi defeated the incumbent MP

by a margin of 20,942 votes. He resigned from AAP in 2016. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Gandhi created his own party Punjab Front and contested. He came on third position.Dharamvir Gandhi flots Nawan Punjab Party
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Punjab Front

Punjab Front was a

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in India formed by merging various splinter groups, smaller regional forums, fronts and political parties led by MP Dharamvir Gandhi. It is the official name given to the much-anticipated Mahagathbandhan (or Fourth Front ) which was formed in

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after a day-long series of deliberations by like-minded groups and political organisations. The announcement of the Front was made by Gandhi at the end of the "Round Table Conference" in

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on Sunday 26 September 2016. The party decided at a meeting in November 2016 to campaign for the enforcement of the Right To Education Act of 2009. The party claims that both government and private schools and colleges are guilty of discriminatory admission practices and are not managed in accordance with the law. In December 2016 the party announced fifteen candidates to contest the

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. All of them lost the election.

Nawan Punjab Party

Nawan Punjab Party is a Political party in

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established by Dharamvir Gandhi the then Member of Parliament from

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubar ...

Constituency on 11 March 2019. Dharamvir Gandhi formed a

Punjab Front Dharamvir Gandhi (born 1 June 1951) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. In 2024 Indian general election he was elected from Patiala Lok Sabha constituency defeating the incumbent MP Preneet Kaur. He was earlier a m ...

in 2016 to contest

. However his front failed to make any impact in election. After this in 2019 before

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he formed Nawan Punjab Party and joined

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2019 General election

Nawan Punjab Party candidate Dharamvir Gandhi contested only from

Constituency. However party lost from this constituency and Dharamvir Gandhi stood at third place and got 161,645 votes and 13.72% vote share from this constituency.

2024 General election

In 2024, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi joined Indian National Congress Party and contested from

Constituency. Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi won from

constituency with 305,616 votes and 26.54% vote share from this constituency.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gandhi, Dharamvir Living people India MPs 2014–2019 People from Patiala district Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India 1951 births Former members of Aam Aadmi Party from Punjab Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India India MPs 2024–2029 Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election