Dilip Pandey
Dilip Pandey | |
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| Dilip Pandey.jpg Charcoal on paper drawing of Dilip Pandey by Amitabh Mitra | |
| Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 12 February 2020 – 8 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Pankaj Pushkar |
| Succeeded by | Surya Prakash Khatri |
| Constituency | Timarpur |
| Spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Covenor Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi | |
| In office 2015–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ashutosh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1980 Zamania Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Spouse | Priyanka Pandey |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Delhi |
| Profession | Activist, politician, novelist |
| Website | Official website |
Dilip Pandey (born 1 October 1980) is an Indian politician and has represented Timarpur as a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2020 to 2025.[1] He was the Convenor of the Delhi Unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) between July 2014 and April 2017.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Pandey left his software job in 2013 to join the AAP.[3] Prior to this, Pandey worked for the Indian IT Major Tata Consultancy Services as a business consultant until FY 2011 and was posted at their Bangalore office.[citation needed]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Pandey participated in the Anna Hazare Movement. He is a spokesperson[4] and member of the screening committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.[5][6] In January 2014, Pandey was appointed secretary for AAP political activities in the national capital.[7]
He took over as the convenor of the Delhi unit in July 2014.[8] Under his co-convenorship, the AAP won 67 out of 70 seats in 2015 Delhi assembly elections.[9] Pandey later submitted his resignation in April 2017 after the AAP failed to get the majority in the 2017 MCD elections.[10]
He served as the official Spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party from 2014 to 2024.[11][1]
Dilip has been nominated as the Aam Aadmi Party’s in-charge for Delhi's North East Lok Sabha constituency for the 2019 General Elections.[12]
He defeated BJP's Surinder Pal Singh (Bittoo) in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election to win the Timarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[13][14]
MLA Dilip Pandey was appointed Aam Aadmi Party's chief whip in the Delhi Assembly in March 2020.[15]
Electoral performance
[edit | edit source]{{#section:Timarpur Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2020}}
Bibliography
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References
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