Rajesh Lilothia (born 4 July 1969) is an Indian politician of

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from

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. He was elected to

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from

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constituency in 4th Delhi Assembly and currently serving as president of scheduled castes department,

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. He was the President of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress from 2001 to 2006. He held the post of Secretary in

and in-charge of Bihar. He was recently appointed the Working President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.

Personal life and education

He was born in a humble Hindu family in the year 1969 in

. He completed his graduation from Hansraj College, Delhi University and post graduation in Disaster Mitigation from Sikkim Manipal University.

Political career

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Rajesh Lilothia contested from the Mangol Puri constituency as a Congress party candidate for

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. But he lost the contest. Rakhi Birla won as AAP candidate.

2019 Indian general elections

He contested

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as a candidate of

from

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constituency. But he lost the contest.

2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

He lost the election in 2015 from

constituency. Hazari Lal Chauhan won this seat as AAP candidate.

2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Rajesh Lilothia lost the election. AAP candidate Veena Anand gained this seat.

2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Rajesh Lilothia won and INC held

seat.

References

1969 births Living people 20th-century Indian politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Delhi Delhi politicians Delhi MLAs 2008–2013 {{Delhi-INC-politician-stub