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{{short description|Indian politician from Delhi|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal
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| constituency_AM = Rohini
| assembly = Delhi Legislative
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| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 8 December 2013
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Rajesh Garg]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|04|04}}
| birth_place = Naharpur village, Sector–7, [[Rohini Sub City|Rohini]], [[Delhi]]
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| citizenship =
| nationality = [[Demographics of India|India]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| spouse = Krishna Aggarwal
| children = Three sons
| parents = Shiv Narain Aggarwal
| residence = Sector-9, Rohini, Delhi
| alma_mater = [[Shivaji College]], [[University of Delhi]]
| occupation = Businessperson
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| website = [http://www.jaibhagwanaggarwal.com/ Official website]
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'''Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal''' ({{IPA-hi|dʒj bʱəɡʋan əɡərʋal}}; born 4 April 1952) is an Indian politician from [[Delhi]]. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), the ruling party in the [[Indian Parliament]] and the major party in the [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] (Delhi Vidhan Sabha). He represented the Rohini Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi from 1993 to 2013. He lost to [[Rajesh Garg]] of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in the [[2013 Delhi legislative assembly election]].

==Early life==
Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal was born on 4 April 1952 in Naharpur village, Sector–7, [[Rohini Sub City]], Delhi, to Shiv Narain Aggarwal. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web | url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/Jai_bhagwan.htm | title=List of Members – Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal | publisher=Delhiassembly.nic.in. Legislative Assembly of Delhi | access-date=16 November 2013}}</ref>

==Political career==
Aggarwal is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,<ref name="Hindustan2013">{{cite news | title = Know Your MLA – Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal, BJP | work = [[Hindustan Times]] | date = 25 October 2013 | access-date = 16 November 2013 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3108154721.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140610081708/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3108154721.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 June 2014 | location=New Delhi | publisher = via [[HighBeam Research]] }} {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref> the main opposition party in the Indian Parliament and the major party in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/13/c_125386810.htm | title=India's main opposition party names PM candidate for 2014 polls | date=13 September 2013 | agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] | access-date=19 November 2013 | publisher=News.xinhuanet.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-polls/delhi-assembly-election-results-bjp-wins-but-aap-the-real-hero_895279.html | title=Delhi assembly election results: BJP wins, but AAP the real hero | publisher=[[Zee News]] | date=8 December 2013 | access-date=10 December 2013 | author=Arora, Kamna | location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>

He contested the Badli Vidhan Sabha Constituency in three consecutive elections from 1993 to 2003. At the 2008 state assembly election, he contested Rohini Constituency, carved out of Badli as a part of [[Boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008.<ref name="Hindustan2013" />

He was elected for the First Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 1993, defeating runner-up Rajesh Yadav of Indian National Congress (commonly known as the Congress) by a margin of 9,836 votes.<ref name="Hindustan2013" /> In the 1998 state assembly election, his margin of victory decreased more than half to 4,437 votes over runner-up Narain Singh Yadav of Congress.<ref name="Hindustan2013" /> He improved his margin of victory significantly in 2003 when he defeated Congress candidate Dharam Vir Yadav by 16,564 votes.<ref name="Hindustan2013" /> In the [[2008 Delhi state assembly elections|2008 state assembly election]], he garnered 55,793 votes against 30,019 votes of Congress candidate Vijender Jindal, and won with 62.56 percent of the votes.<ref name="TOINov2013">{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/mostly-good-but-people-dont-credit-netas-for-it/articleshow/25615506.cms | title=Mostly good, but people don't credit netas for it | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=12 November 2013 | agency=Times News Network | access-date=18 November 2013 | author=Akram, Maria | location=New Delhi}}</ref>

On 7 November 2013, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced Aggarwal as the party's candidate from Rohini Constituency for the [[2013 Delhi state assembly elections|2013 state legislative assembly election]], held on 4 December.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/BJP-repeats-MLAs-to-play-safe-look-strong/articleshow/25337335.cms | title=BJP will field Vijendra Gupta against Sheila Dikshit | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=7 November 2013 | agency=Times News Network | access-date=18 November 2013 | author=Alvi, Naziya | location=New Delhi}}</ref> He filed his nomination on 13 November 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.asianage.com/delhi/89-file-poll-nominations-417 | title=89 file poll nominations | work=[[The Asian Age]] | date=14 November 2013 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | access-date=18 November 2013 | location=New Delhi}}</ref> The former Delhi BJP president [[Vijender Gupta]] and office secretary S. K. Sharma wanted to contest from Rohini.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-10707087.html | title=काबिज सीटों पर भी दावेदारों की कमी नहीं | work=[[Dainik Jagran]] | date=7 September 2013 | access-date=19 November 2013 | location=New Delhi | language=Hindi}}</ref> He lost to the Aam Aadmi Party candidate [[Rajesh Garg]] with a margin of 1,872 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0513.htm?ac=13 | title=Constituency Wise Result Status – NCT of Delhi – Rohini | publisher=Eciresults.ap.nic.in. [[Election Commission of India]] | date=8 December 2013 | access-date=10 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210214318/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0513.htm?ac=13 | archive-date=10 December 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jai Bhagwan is married to Krishna Aggarwal, and together they have three sons.<ref name="Profile" /> In 2006, the [[Delhi High Court]] ordered the [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] to demolish 18,000 properties, which were found to be illegally constructed. Aggarwal, who was living with his family at [[Saraswati Vihar]], [[Pitampura]], had his house demolished as "[t]he court order did not distinguish between the VIP's and the common people of Delhi". He claimed that his action would "change the image of the quintessential tainted Indian politician".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-delhi-bjp-mla-demolishes-his-house-1007226 | title=Delhi BJP MLA demolishes his house | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=12 January 2006 | access-date=18 November 2013 | author=Singh, Sanghita | location=New Delhi}}</ref> He resides at New Swastik Apartment, Sector–9, Rohini.<ref name="Profile" /> His interests include social and religious work and reading.<ref name="Profile" />

==References==
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