Varun Chaudhary (born 23 March 1980) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament of the

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representing

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. He was member of 14th

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representing Mulana. He is a member of the

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Personal life

Chaudhary was born on 23 March 1980 to former Indian National Congress chief Phool Chand Mullana and Pushpa Devi in

city of

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. He completed

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from Campus Law Center

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in 2006. Singh is a lawyer by profession. He is married to Pooja Chaudhary.

Political career

In the

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, Chaudhary represented

as a candidate from Mulana and went on to defeat

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's Rajbir Singh by a margin of 1,688 votes, succeeding Santosh Chauhan Sarwan in the process. In March 2021, Chaudhary was awarded the 'Best Legislator Award' for his contributions to the state's assembly. In the

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, Chaudhary representing

, defeated Banto Kataria of Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 49,036 votes, succeeding incumbent Rattan Lal Kataria. After which, he had to vacate the Mulana Assembly seat, that incidentally was won by his wife Pooja in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Varun 1980 births Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana Living people Haryana MLAs 2019–2024 People from Ambala India MPs 2024–2029 Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election Lok Sabha members from Haryana