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| Office | Member of Parliament
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|---|---|
| Term start | 2014 |
| Term end | 2019 |
| Predecessor | Preneet Kaur |
| Successor | Preneet Kaur
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| Constituency | Patiala
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| Born | 1951-6-1 (age 75)
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| Nationality | Template:Flag
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| Political party | Nawan Punjab Party Template:Small Punjab Front Template:Small Aam Aadmi Party Template:Small
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Dharamvir Gandhi (born 1 June 1951) is an Indian politician and was earlier a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He was a Member of Parliament from Patiala.
During his college days, Gandhi was detained for a month in Amritsar, for protesting against the 1977 Emergency.[1] He went on to become a reputed cardiologist of Patiala. He also worked as a senior lecturer at the Government Medical College, Patiala's Department of Cardiology.[2]
Gandhi joined politics inspired by the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, and campaigned for the AAP during the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[3] He contested the 2014 Indian general election from Patiala on an AAP ticket. During the campaign, he was assaulted in the Rasulpur Saidan area, allegedly by the Shiromani Akali Dal Municipal Councillor Rajinder Singh Virk.[4] Gandhi defeated the incumbent MP Preneet Kaur by a margin of 20,942 votes.[5]
References
- ↑ Dharamveer Gandhi is AAP’s Patiala candidate. The Pioneer(2014-02-28).
- ↑ Our Team: Department of Cardiology. Patiala Heart Institute.
- ↑ Dr Dharamveer Gandhi (62)(2014-01-16).
- ↑ Suspected Activists Attack Patiala's AAP Candidate Dharamvir Gandhi(2014-04-30).
- ↑ Constituencywise-All Candidates.