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| Office | Vice Chairman, Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi
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| Born | 12 January 1976 |
| Born | Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| Spouse | Christina Lydia Fernandes[1]
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, University of Delhi
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Ashish Khetan is an Indian lawyer and politician.
Political life
In 2014, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party[2] and fought the 2014 Indian General Election from New Delhi but lost to Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate Meenakshi Lekhi.[3]
In 2015, he was appointed as vice chairman of the Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC) of Delhi, a think tank of the Delhi government.[4] He was given the rank of Cabinet Minister for his contributions to the government.[5]
In April 2018, he resigned from the DDC to practice law.[6] In August 2018, he left the Aam Aadmi Party, citing the desire to pursue law as a full-time profession.[7]
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,[8] which he later apologised for.[9]
References
- ↑ Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News. The Economic Times.
- ↑ I could've joined politics only through AAP: Ashish Khetan, Kalra, Aparna(1 April 2014).
- ↑ Lekhi writes a new chapter, Ali, Mohammad(17 May 2014).
- ↑ AAP govt rechristens Delhi Dialogue Commission(7 April 2016).
- ↑ AAP think-tank VC Ashish Khetan to get facilities at par with a cabinet minister(17 July 2015).
- ↑ AAP's Ashish Khetan resigns as vice-chairman of Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission, wants to practice law. Firstpost.
- ↑ Week after Ashutosh, Ashish Khetan quits AAP, says not about Lok Sabha ticket but self-doubt(23 August 2018).
- ↑ Ashish Khetan never compared manifesto with religious books: AAP. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ↑ AAP leader Ashish Khetan booked for hurting religious sentiments, Fernandes, Sandra Marina. oneindia.com(2016-07-06). Retrieved 2020-09-03.