Member's Name: Chadha, Shri Raghav
Constituency: Punjab, India
Raghav Chadha
Born/Date of Birthday: 11 November 1988
Place of Birth: New Delhi, India
Nationality: Indian
Political party: Aam Aadmi Party
Educational Qualification: B.Com., Chartered Accountant Educated at University of Delhi and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Delhi
Profession: Chartered Accountant
Marital Status: UnMarried
Spouse's Name: No Record
Children: No Record
Parents: Shri Sunil Chadha, Shrimati Alka Chadha
Permanent Address: 473, Block Double Story, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110060. Tel.-
Official Website: raghavchadha.in
Raghav Chadha (born 11 November 1988) is an Indian politician and member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Punjab, India. He was the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi. Raghav Chadha has been elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He is also a practising chartered accountant.
Early life and career
Born on 11 November 1988 and raised in New Delhi, Chadha received his school education from the capital city's Modern School, Barakhamba Road and graduated from University of Delhi (DU). He then pursued Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, post which he went to the ‘London School of Economics’ for a certification course of EMBA. In his early career he worked with accountancy firms including Deloitte, Shyam Malpani, and Grant Thornton.
Politics
When AAP won the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election with a majority, Chadha at the age of 26 was appointed AAP's national treasurer. In April 2018, the then Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, terminated his appointment as an advisor to Sisodia along with 9 other advisors.
In 2019, he contested from the South Delhi Parliamentary Constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He lost in the elections to the BJP candidate, Ramesh Bidhuri and came second. Chadha got the maximum vote share among all the AAP contestants in the election.
MLA in Delhi Assembly
In February 2020, he contested from Rajendra Nagar in 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election and won against BJP's candidate RP Singh. Following the elections, he was appointed vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and assigned the water portfolio in the Delhi Government.
MP in Rajya Sabha
As a leader of AAP he was appointed AAP Punjab co-in-charge for the Punjab Legislative Assembly election. On 21 March 2022 it was announced that Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha along with four others were nominated by AAP for the post of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab for a six-year term starting 2022. No opposition candidate opposed their election.
In April 2022, he said that BJP settled Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in Delhi and uses them to cause riots.
On 18 September 2022 he was appointed co-in-charge for the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
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