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| name = Abhay Verma<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|01|05|df=yes}}<br />
| office1 = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 11 February 2020<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| constituency1 = [[Laxmi Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Laxmi Nagar]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Nitin Tyagi]]<br />
| successor1 = <br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]<br />
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'''Abhay Verma''' (born January 5, 1973) is an [[India]]n lawyer{{cn|date=February 2021}} and politician from [[Delhi]] belonging to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He is a member of the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]. He is the vice president of the Delhi unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name=b/><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Verma was born on 5 January 1973 to Bankey Bihari Verma and Urmila Devi.<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://www.abhayverma.in/<br />
|title=ABOUT ABHAY VERMA<br />
|access-date=26 February 2020|website=www.abhayverma.in}}</ref> He received his LLB from [[University of Delhi]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/delhi2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=9313<br />
|title=ABHAY VERMA<br />
|access-date=26 February 2020|website=www.myneta.info}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Verma is the vice president of Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected as a member of the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] from [[Laxmi Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Laxmi Nagar]] on 11 February 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/delhi-assembly-polls-2020/story/delhi-election-result-2020-wining-candidates-full-list-delhi-winners-constituency-wise-1645272-2020-02-11<br />
|title=Delhi Election Result Winners: Constituency-wise winning candidates of AAP, BJP, Congress<br />
|date=11 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.businesstoday.in/story/delhi-election-results-2020-check-full-list-winners-from-aap-bjp-congress/1/395925.html<br />
|title=Delhi Election Results 2020: Check full list of winners from AAP, BJP<br />
|date=11 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020|website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-election-results-2020-full-list-of-winners-constituency-wise-aap-bjp-congress-6261744/<br />
|title=Delhi election result 2020: Full list of winners constituency wise<br />
|date=12 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020|website=The Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Verma was married to Amrita Prakash on November 30, 2001.<ref name=a/> They have two daughters.<br />
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==Controversy==<br />
A video was released during [[North East Delhi riots]] where Verma led a march in [[Laxmi Nagar (Delhi)|Laxmi Nagar]]. The people of the march were seen chanting "Police ke hatyaaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko" (Shoot the people, who murdered the policeman).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-violence-four-videos-clips-that-court-made-cops-watch-1650273-2020-02-26<br />
|title=Delhi violence: Four video clips that court made cops watch<br />
|date=26 February 2020|access-date=26 February 2020|website=India Today}}</ref> The people were also seen chanting "Jo Hindu hit ki baat karega, wohi desh pe raj karega" (People who talk about the welfare of Hindus, only they will rule in the country).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/riot-hit-northeast-delhi-has-1-mp-7-mlas-but-only-one-has-visited-his-constituency/371493/<br />
|title=Riot-hit Northeast Delhi has 1 MP, 7 MLAs but only one has visited his constituency<br />
|date=26 February 2020|access-date=26 February 2020|website=The Print}}</ref> After that incident, Verma claimed that it was raised by common people, not by his supporters.<ref name=b>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-violence-video-of-inflammatory-slogans-at-bjp-mlas-march-surfaces/article30920322.ece<br />
|title=Video of inflammatory slogans at BJP MLA's march surfaces<br />
|date=26 February 2020|access-date=26 February 2020|website=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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