Man whose feet Modi touched: Patparganj candidate who has been in the news

Negi (45), presently an MCD councillor from Vinod Nagar, which comes nether the Patparganj Assembly constituency, had been successful the quality successful the caller past.

Recently, a bid of videos that Negi had been circulating connected his ain societal media handles had led to a controversy. In 1 specified video, helium is seen interacting with Altamash Tomar, who runs Tomar Dairy store astatine West Vinod Nagar.

Negi is seen telling Tomar: “This (signboard) has conscionable Tomar written connected it. Whatever your existent sanction is, the Muslim name, get that written connected the board. Get it done by tomorrow.” He past threatens to seal the store if the changes aren’t made.

In galore specified videos that Negi utilized to antecedently upload connected his societal media, helium is seen telling Hindu thoroughfare vendors to enactment up saffron flags connected vending carts. He is besides seen visiting butcher shops earlier festivals, demanding that they beryllium closed to respect the spiritual sentiments of Hindus.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Negi says, “During Navratri, galore shops are tally nether misleading names. The section RWA (residents payment association) approached maine with complaints. I conducted an consciousness drive, telling shopowners to intelligibly show their proprietorship. There is nary contented with this.”

Lallan Prasad, who sells beverage extracurricular Negi’s halfway country successful East Vinod Nagar, says, “I person heard that helium troubles thoroughfare vendors, but haven’t experienced it personally. He seldom visits this area.”

Although, astir shopkeepers successful Negi’s jurisdiction refrained from commenting connected the videos, Mohammad Raja, a market store proprietor adjacent Negi’s residence, says: “He does interfere sometimes, but it’s not excessive. He gets progressive if helium finds shops with unchanged boards… radical who rent shops and don’t alteration the (signboard) aft renting it person faced issues.”

Negi’s governmental travel began successful 2020, erstwhile helium made an awesome debut by giving past lawman Chief Minister and AAP Patparganj campaigner Manish Sisodia a pugnacious fight, losing by a borderline of conscionable 2%. In the 2022 MCD polls, helium defeated the AAP campaigner by 2,311 votes.

Due to his grassroots approach, Negi’s emergence wrong the BJP has been rapid. Previously serving arsenic Zila Mahamantri of the Delhi unit, helium gained prominence aft 2020 polls. A enactment insider says, “He wasn’t well-known earlier, but has had a speedy ascent… In 2020, (after giving Sisodia a pugnacious fight) helium abruptly appeared to go progressive and important…”

Another enactment root attributed Negi’s emergence to his beardown connections wrong the BJP enactment and his grassroots influence.

In Vinod Nagar, Negi is simply a household name, with residents acquainted with his home, aged office, and predetermination offices. However, his designation successful high-rise residential societies is limited.

To span this gap, his run squad has been visiting societies to put nonstop engagements. At these gatherings, helium introduces himself with, “I americium Ravi Negi, a worker of Modiji and the BJP candidate. Please ballot for america if you privation the Eighth Pay Commission and to payment from Union authorities schemes.”

Campaigning successful high-rises, Negi acknowledges his past electoral shortcomings. “It’s conscionable the votes from societies that I was incapable to gather.”

Negi identifies h2o prime and drainage arsenic Patparganj’s astir pressing issues. He faces contention from AAP’s Awadh Ojha, a civilian services manager who has replaced Sisodia, and Congress’s Anil Kumar Chaudhary.