Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma () was born on 7 November 1977 in Mundka,

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. He is an Indian politician and the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi since 20 February 2025 and is a member of the

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from the

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. He was Member of parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing

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. He served two terms as an MP for a period of 10 years from 2014 to 2024. In 2014, he was first elected to the

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and re-elected in 2019 for the

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with the highest-ever margin of victory in the history of Delhi, a margin of 578,486 votes. He won the 2025 assembly election from New Delhi against

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, former

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. After winning the

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, He visited his ancestral village of Mundka and paid respects at the Dada Bhairav Temple, highlighting its cultural and religious significance within the community. He contested the Mehrauli Vidhan Sabha constituency in the 2013 assembly election and defeated Yoganand Shastri. Parvesh Verma is the son of Sahib Singh Verma, former Chief Minister of Delhi.

Early life and education

Parvesh Verma was born to Sahib Singh Verma, a former Chief Minister of Delhi, and Sahib Kaur on 7 November 1977 in a Hindu

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family. Verma has one brother and three sisters. Verma studied at Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram and

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. He received his

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from the Fore School of Management. His uncle Azad Singh Verma was the mayor of

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and contested Mundka Vidhan Sabha Constituency on the BJP ticket in the 2013 assembly election.

Political career

Early political involvements

Verma was interested in contesting the West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency in the 2009 general election but was denied a ticket by the party despite receiving assurances from party leaders that he would be considered. Instead, Jagdish Mukhi, the then-

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from

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contested West Delhi. A mahapanchayat held on 22 March 2009 in

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condemned the decision of the BJP to deny Parvesh the ticket".

Election debut

On 7 November 2013, the BJP announced Verma as the party's candidate from Mehrauli constituency for the 2013 Legislative Assembly election. The mayor of the

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, Sarita Chaudhary, and senior BJP Leader Sher Singh Dagar, the BJP candidate for Mehrauli in the 2008 election, both wanted to contest the same seat. Supporters of both the aspirants opposed Verma's candidature. Chaudhary's supporters protested outside the Delhi BJP headquarters and called Verma an "outsider". His mother and wife campaigned for him in the constituency. He was also made a member of the Delhi BJP Election Committee for the 2013 assembly election. He defeated runner-up Narinder Singh Sejwal of the

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(AAP) by 4,564 votes, and the incumbent MLA and Speaker of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, Yoganand Shastri.

Member of Parliament

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, Verma won the West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency election by a record margin of 2,68,586 votes. In the

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, Verma won a second term as Member of Parliament (MP) in West Delhi with a record-breaking margin of 5.78 lakh votes, beating Congress's Mahabal Mishra, who got 2,87,162 votes. Verma broke his own record for the highest victory margin in

and the 6th highest in India. In the 2019 general election, Verma got 8,65,648 of the total 14,41,601 votes polled in the seat. This is the highest recorded margin in the history of Delhi that any Lok Sabha candidate had ever won by. He joined the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and the Standing Committee on Urban Development. He also served on the governing body of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Currently, he is a member of the Estimates Committee and the Parliament Finance Committee.

Delhi Assembly

He won his seat in the

from

, defeating former

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and MLA

Personal life

Verma is married to Swati Verma, the daughter of former Union Minister and BJP leader from

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, Vikram Verma. They have three children: two daughters and a son. He runs the NG
Rashtriya Swabhiman

Controversies

During the

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campaigning, Verma openly told people gathered at the Shaheen Bagh protests that if the BJP is voted to power in Delhi, it will clear them off within one hour. He also stated Muslims such as those present at the Shaheen Bagh protests were known to "enter Hindu houses, rape our sisters and daughters". Before the first phase of

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, Verma made a controversial offer of post-poll alliance with BJP to

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's Jayant Chaudhary after hosting a meeting of Home Minister Amit Shah with Jat leaders from Western UP; and Verma also told the mediapersons that Jayant, who was in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, had "chosen a wrong home". Verma has also called for the 'total boycott' of Muslims at a recent rally organised by the VHP.

Electoral performance

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Parvesh 1977 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi People from West Delhi district Kirori Mal College alumni Delhi Public School alumni India MPs 2014–2019 India MPs 2019–2024 Lok Sabha members from Delhi Delhi MLAs 2013–2015 Delhi MLAs 2025–2030 People from South Delhi district Delhi University alumni State cabinet ministers of Delhi