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'''Akhilesh Pati Tripathi''' is an Indian politician belonging to [[Aam Aadmi Party]]. He is an [[M.L.A]] from [[Model Town (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Model Town constituency]] in [[Delhi]], since 2013.

==Personal life==
Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was born on 20 January 1984 in [[Mehdawal]], [[Sant Kabir Nagar district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="NIC">{{cite web | url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VthAssembly/AkhileshPatiTripathi.htm | title=Profile | publisher=Delhi Assembly | accessdate=19 February 2015}}</ref> His father Abhay Nandan Tripathi was a school teacher.<ref name="ht"/>

Akhilesh Pati Tripathi attended school in his home town Mehdawal and graduated from ECC College, [[Allahabad]].<ref name="ht"/> He completed his [[Master of Arts]] (degree P. G. - MA) in History from [[Avadh University|Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University]], [[Faizabad]], Uttar Pradesh in 2008. Tripathi is married with Partima Tripathi on 26 April 2016.Now he have two children.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Tripathi migrated to Delhi from his home town to become an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer in 2009.<ref name="ht">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/small-town-man-with-ias-dreams-becomes-aap-winner/sp-article10-1160692.aspx |title=Small-town man with IAS dreams becomes AAP winner |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 December 2013 |accessdate=20 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220104817/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/small-town-man-with-ias-dreams-becomes-aap-winner/sp-article10-1160692.aspx |archivedate=20 February 2015 }}</ref> Though he passed the preliminary and main IAS exams twice, he could not clear the interview round.<ref name="ht"/>

Tripathi is a resident of Azadpur, Delhi.<ref name="aff">{{cite web|url = http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3delhi2015/319/Akhilesh-1.pdf|title = Affidavit|publisher = docs2.myneta.info|accessdate = 19 February 2015}}</ref> He was a private teacher by profession.<ref name="NIC"/> He is currently a social worker.<ref name="ndtv"/> Tripathi likes social work and reading books as hobbies.<ref name="aff"/>{{update inline|date=July 2018}}<ref name="ndtv">{{cite news | url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/delhi/model-town-mla-results | title=AKHILESH PATI TRIPATHI - MODEL TOWN | work=NDTV | accessdate=19 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219173435/http://www.ndtv.com/elections/delhi/model-town-mla-results | archive-date=19 February 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Politics==
Tripathi was involved in the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement]] led by [[Anna Hazare]] as a volunteer. He campaigned with [[Arvind Kejriwal]] encouraging the youth to join the agitation. While initially his family were upset with his decision to join the movement and told him to concentrate on IAS exams, later they supported him.<ref name="ht"/> Later, he joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP), a political outfit that rose from the movement under Kejriwal's leadership.<ref name="ht"/><ref name="dna">{{cite news | url=https://www.iamin.in/en/chandni-chowk/news/i-was-mla-who-sanctioned-maximum-public-fund-claims-aaps-akhilesh-tripathi-51090 | title=I was the MLA who sanctioned maximum public fund, claims AAP's Akhilesh Tripathi | work=I am in DNAOf Chandni Chowk | date=27 January 2015 | accessdate=19 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219190237/https://www.iamin.in/en/chandni-chowk/news/i-was-mla-who-sanctioned-maximum-public-fund-claims-aaps-akhilesh-tripathi-51090 | archive-date=19 February 2015 | url-status=unfit }}</ref> He led agitations across Delhi on various public issues.<ref name="ht"/>

In [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Delhi assembly elections of December 2013]], Tripathi won the [[Model Town (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Model Town assembly constituency]] defeating three-time and sitting MLA [[Kanwar Karan Singh]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). He defeated his nearest rival Ashok Goel of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) by a margin of 7,875 votes; Tripathi got 38,492 votes. Tripathi promised a commercial area for traders in his constituency.<ref name="dna"/> In the campaign, he concentrated on Lalbagh, Kishorebagh, Kishorenagar, Kamlanagar and Gulabi Bagh slums and even lived in Lalbaugh. He raised the issue of the slums' [[Public distribution system|ration]] mafia, who allegedly trashed Tripathi; Tripathi was admitted in the hospital for a week. Tripathi claimed that his agitation against the ration mafia earned him the support of the slums. In the campaign, he also raised the issue of the rape and murder of a girl at Rana Pratap Bagh area. Tripathi was arrested after BJP and Congress alleged his involvement in the rape-murder. He was released after 12 days.<ref name="ht"/>

AAP formed a government with Congress support. In January 2014, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP members staged a [[dharna]] near Rail Bhavan protesting against [[Delhi Police]], who refused to raid an "alleged drug and prostitution racket" in [[South Delhi]]. Many AAP protesters were detained; Tripathi was allegedly beaten up by the police and admitted to [[Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital]]. The Delhi Police refuted the AAP's allegations about Tripathi.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newsnation.in/article/29769-delhi-police-starts-detaining-aap-workers-mla-akhilesh-tripathi-brutally-beaten-.html | title=AAP MLA Akhilesh Tripathi brutally beaten; Delhi Police refute claims of detention or arrests | work=News Nation | date=20 January 2014 | accessdate=19 February 2015}}</ref>

The AAP renominated Tripathi for the Model Town seat for [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]s. Tripathi raised the issue of women's safety and establishment of a citizen's fund for development of residential areas in Model Town.<ref name="dna"/> A day before the election, Tripathi was allegedly beaten up by Congress workers, who were caught distributing alcohol by Tripathi in Lalbagh slum area. He was admitted in [[Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital]]'s [[Intensive care unit|ICU]] and later shifted to [[LNJP Hospital]] in [[Daryaganj]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.iamin.in/en/chandni-chowk/news/pics-aaps-model-town-candidate-akhilesh-tripathi-attacked-lal-bagh-slum-area | title=In Pics: AAP's Model Town candidate Akhilesh Tripathi attacked in Lal Bagh slum area | work=I am in DNAOf Chandni Chowk | date=6 February 2015 | accessdate=20 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218140545/http://www.iamin.in/en/chandni-chowk/news/pics-aaps-model-town-candidate-akhilesh-tripathi-attacked-lal-bagh-slum-area | archive-date=18 February 2015 | url-status=unfit }}</ref> Tripathi retained his seat by defeating BJP's Vivek Garg by a margin of 16,706 votes; he got 54,628 votes.<ref name="ec">{{cite web | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU054.htm | title=Election Result | publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA | accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210143352/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 |date=2015-02-10 }}</ref>

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