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| Office | Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab
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| Office | MLA |
| Office | Municipal Sub Councillor
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| Term start | 2021 |
| Term end | 2022
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| Constituency | Ludhiana West
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| Born | 1971-03-20 (age 55)[1] |
| Born | Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Indian National Congress
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Bharat Bhushan Ashu (born March 20, 1971) is an Indian National Congress politician from Punjab. He is two-time MLA representing the Ludhiana West Assembly Constituency and he was Cabinet Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab.
Political career
Ashu started his political career when he was elected as a Municipal Councillor in the year 1997[2] from ward number 48 of Ludhiana. looser 54).[3]
In the year 2012, he was allotted a ticket of the Indian National Congress to contest from Ludhiana West Vidhan Sabha constituency and he becomes the Deputy CLP leader in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.[4][5]
Again in the year 2017, he defeated Ahbaab Grewal of Aam Aadmi Party with a margin of 36,521 votes.[6] He was the Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab.[7]
In 2022, he lost the election from Ludhiana West to AAP Candidate Gurpreet Bassi Gogi by more than 7500 votes [8]
Controversies
Ashu had been continuously criticised for his bad temper, arrogance and misbehaviour :
On January 2019, Ashu was publicly seen and captured by media while misbehaving with female officer in a public function.[9]
On February 2019, Audio recordings of Ashu threatening and blackmailing the then DSP & Superintending engineer of Improvement trust went viral.[10]
On October 2019, Ashu was blamed for thrashing his own party's volunteer during a by-election preparations.[11]
References
- ↑ Members. www.punjabassembly.nic.in.
- ↑ Ashu has ‘perfect’ support system in councillor wife. Tribuneindia News Service.
- ↑ Nine new ministers sworn in, Capt Amarinder men get plum depts. Hindustan Times(21 April 2018).
- ↑ 2017 Ludhiana West - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates. India.com.
- ↑ LUDHIANA WEST Election Result 2017, Winner, LUDHIANA WEST MLA, Punjab. NDTV.com.
- ↑ लुधियाना के 14 जिलों में आशु की सबसे बढ़ी जीत, भाजपा का नहीं खुला खाता. Dainik Bhaskar(12 March 2017).
- ↑ PUNJAB FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES & CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT VOWS TO START STATE-WIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2019 | Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, India ਸੂਚਨਾ ਤੇ ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ ,ਭਾਰਤ. diprpunjab.gov.in.
- ↑ Election Commission of India webpage result constituency wise all candidates.
- ↑ Video capture of Bharat Bhushan Ashu misbehaving with female officer in a public function. Danik Sawera.
- ↑ Audio Recordings of Bharat Bhushan Ashu Threatening and Misbehaving with government officials. Punjab Kesari TV.
- ↑ News coverage. News18 Punjab/Haryana/Himachal.