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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ashok Chandna<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|01|13|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bundi]], [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| residence = <br />
| education = (B.Com), [[University of Pune]]<br />
| office1 = [[Third Ashok Gehlot ministry|Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Department ]]<br>[[Government of Rajasthan]]<br />
| term_start1 = 28 December 2018<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| office2 = [[Rajasthan Youth Congress|President<br>Rajasthan Youth Congress]]<br />
| term_start2 = 28 March 2013<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| office3 = [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Hindoli (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Hindoli]]<br />
| term_start3 = 8 December 2013<br />
| term_end3 = 11 December 2018<br />
| constituency4 = [[Hindoli (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Hindoli]]<br />
| term_start4 = 11 December 2018<br />
| term_end4 = <br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| profession = Politician<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ashok Chandna''' (born 13 January 1984) is an Indian politician and elected member of 15th [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Hindoli (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Hindoli constituency ]] as a member of [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=2416|website=MyNeta|access-date=10 April 2021|language=en}}</ref> He also holds the position of Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Department (Independent Charge), Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge),<br />
Transport, and <br />
Soldier Welfare in the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan ministers allocated portfolios; Gehlot keeps 9, including home and finance|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajasthan-ministers-allocated-portfolios-gehlot-keeps-9-including-home-and-finance/articleshow/67267630.cms|website=The Economic Times|access-date=27 December 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>http://livelihoods.rajasthan.gov.in/content/livelihood/en/skill-department/Minister.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=100 nursery sports academics to open in Rajasthan: Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Ashok Chandna|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/-100-nursery-sports-academics-to-open-in-rajasthan-youth-affairs-and-sports-minister-ashok-chandna-1780197-2021-03-17|website=India Today|access-date=17 March 2021|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Education and early life ==<br />
Ashok Chandna was born on 13 January 1984 in a farmers family at Shopuriya Ki Bawri, Nainwa, [[Bundi]]. He completed his schooling from Birla Senior Secondary School, Pilani and Graduate from [[University of Pune]]<br />
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== Political journey ==<br />
Ashok Chandna joined [[Indian National Congress]] party in the year of 2009 as a general congress worker. In the same year he was elected as a member to Ajmer Zila Parishad and the General Secretary to the [[Rajasthan Youth Congress]]. Later, in 2013 he went on to become the president of [[Rajasthan Youth Congress]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Will next Youth Congress chief hail from Rajasthan?|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-will-next-youth-congress-chief-hail-from-rajasthan-2604284|website=DNA India|access-date=13 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> and was elected as the member of [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] from [[Hindoli (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Hindoli constituency ]] in October 2013. On 11 December 2018 he was re-elected and was also included as [[Minister of State]] into the [[Third Gehlot ministry]]<br />
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== Sports == <br />
He represented Rajasthan in the year 2001 in 200-meter back stroke. He also has represented Bhilwara Cricket Team from 2008 to 2010. Currently, he is heading Chandna Group Polo team which has won Sawai Man Singh Vase and Thunderbolt Cup in the year 2013.<br />
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== Controversies ==<br />
He was landed into controversy when a Audio clip of phone conversation of him went viral on social media in which he was allegedly heard using a casteist slur against Congress worker Raju Gurjar over the ticket for the panchayat polls.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BJP seeks probe into Rajasthan minister's audio clip|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-congress-ashok-chandna-7061541/|website=The Indian express|access-date=22 November 2020|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 2008–2013]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bundi district]]<br />
[[Category:Rajasthani politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1984 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018]]<br />
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