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<div>{{Short description|Indian lawyer and writer (born 1976)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| name = Ashish Khetan<br />
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| image = Ashish Khetan.jpg<br />
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| caption = Khetan at Delhi Secretariat<br />
| profession = Lawyer, politician<br />
| office2 = [[Vice Chairman]], Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi<br />
| term_start2 = 20 February 2015<br />
| term_end2 = 18 April 2018<br />
| successor2 = Jasmine Shah<br />
| birth_date = 12 January 1976<br />
| birth_place = [[Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
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| spouse = Christina Lydia Fernandes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/|title=Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News|website=The Economic Times}}</ref><br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]], [[University of Delhi]]<br />
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'''Ashish Khetan''' is an Indian lawyer and politician.<br />
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== Political life ==<br />
In 2014, he joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/i-could-ve-joined-politics-only-through-aap-ashish-khetan-114040100024_1.html|title=I could've joined politics only through AAP: Ashish Khetan|first=Aparna|last=Kalra|date=1 April 2014|via=Business Standard}}</ref> and fought the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Indian General Election]] from [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi]] but lost to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s candidate [[Meenakshi Lekhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/lekhi-writes-a-new-chapter/article6019044.ece|title=Lekhi writes a new chapter|first=Mohammad|last=Ali|date=17 May 2014|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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In 2015, he was appointed as vice chairman of the Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC) of Delhi, a think tank of the [[Delhi government]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/aap-govt-rechristens-delhi-dialogue-commission-116040701116_1.html|title=AAP govt rechristens Delhi Dialogue Commission|agency=Press Trust of India|date=7 April 2016|via=Business Standard}}</ref> He was given the rank of Cabinet Minister for his contributions to the government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/aap-think-tank-vc-ashish-khetan-to-get-facilities-at-par-with-a-cabinet-minister/|title=AAP think-tank VC Ashish Khetan to get facilities at par with a cabinet minister|date=17 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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In April 2018, he resigned from the DDC to practice law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/aaps-ashish-khetan-resigns-as-vice-chairman-of-delhi-dialogue-and-development-commission-wants-to-practice-law-4436153.html|title=AAP's Ashish Khetan resigns as vice-chairman of Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission, wants to practice law|website=Firstpost}}</ref> In August 2018, he left the Aam Aadmi Party, citing the desire to pursue law as a full-time profession.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/senior-aap-leader-ashish-khetan-quits-party-5319375/|title=Week after Ashutosh, Ashish Khetan quits AAP, says not about Lok Sabha ticket but self-doubt|date=23 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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Khetan was pulled into controversy when he hurt the religious sentiments of [[Sikhs]] by referring to the manifesto of the Aam Aadmi Party as the [[Guru Granth Sahib]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ashish Khetan never compared manifesto with religious books: AAP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ashish-khetan-never-compared-manifesto-with-religious-books-aap/articleshow/53084941.cms|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref> which he later apologised for.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fernandes|first=Sandra Marina|date=2016-07-06|title=AAP leader Ashish Khetan booked for hurting religious sentiments|url=https://www.oneindia.com/new-delhi/ashish-khetan-aap-punjab-religious-sentiments-fir-2145929.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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