Premchand Aggarwal (born 12 April 1960) is an Indian politician and member of the
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 ...
. Aggarwal is a member of the
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 28 States and union territories of India, states of India. It is seated at Dehradun, the w ...
from the
Rishikesh constituency in
Dehradun district where he has a residence. He is originally from Doiwala. He has been MLA for Rishikesh consecutively in three terms since the
2007 Assembly election. In the
2017 Assembly election he defeated his nearest rival Rajpal Singh Kharola of
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
by the margin of 14,801 votes. From March 2017 till 10 March 2022 he served as Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as he was elected unopposed by the newly elected members.
In 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly election, he has defeated nearest rival INC candidate Jayendra Ramola, thus creating history in Uttarakhand. He is continuous winning candidate for last 4 terms from Rishikesh assembly seat, from same party BJP.
Controversies
According to
Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by businessman K. N. Guruswamy and launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately hel ...
In February 2025, during a session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Premchand Aggarwal made remarks concerning '
pahadis' (people from the hills) that were perceived as derogatory. The comments led to significant uproar both within the assembly and among the public. Opposition members demanded an apology, and protests erupted across the state. Aggarwal later issued an apology, stating that his words were misconstrued.Thereafter, he resigned as a cabinet minister from Uttarakhand government.
Electoral performance
References
People from Rishikesh
Finance ministers of Uttarakhand
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand MLAs 2022–2027
Living people
Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022
Speakers of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
1960 births
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