Old Congress hand, ex-Jangpura MLA: Meet BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah who took down AAP’s Manish Sisodia

Marwah was a long-time Congress person and three-time MLA from Jangpura earlier helium switched to the BJP. In 2022, helium complained of not getting clip with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi for a meeting. Later the aforesaid year, helium joined the BJP. Speaking astatine the BJP office soon after, helium took swipes astatine the elder Congress leadership, referring to Rahul Gandhi arsenic ‘raja’ and Sonia Gandhi arsenic ‘maharani’.

According to his affidavit filed with the Election Commission, Marwah owns a concern and has respective rental properties. He has 13 commercialized and 12 residential buildings nether his sanction and that of his woman Surinderpal Kaur Marwah.

He has 1 pending transgression lawsuit against him.

He is simply a assemblage dropout; He studied astatine PGDAV College, Delhi University, till his archetypal year.

In 2024, Marwah saw his stock of controversies erstwhile Congress filed a ailment against him with the Delhi Police. The ailment mentioned him and stated that helium “openly issued assassination threats against Gandhi” connected September 11. According to the complaint, Marwah had said that if Rahul Gandhi doesn’t mend his ways, helium volition conscionable the aforesaid destiny arsenic his grandma Indira Gandhi.

In 2021, a Delhi tribunal acquitted Marwah and erstwhile BJP MLA OP Sharma successful a lawsuit of allegedly assaulting erstwhile CPI subordinate Ameeque Jamai extracurricular Patiala House Courts premises successful February 2016.

Electoral contests

During his tenure with the Congress, Marwah won the Jangpura spot successful 1998 with 28,384 votes, securing 51.47% of the ballot share. BJP’s Bir Bahadur was the runner-up, with 16,465 votes.
Marwah won successful 2003 arsenic good with 32,937 votes. He defeated BJP’s Kuldeep Singh Bhogal who secured 12,710 votes. This time, Marwah won with an accrued ballot share, up by 6.88%.

His ballot stock decreased successful 2008 to 57% but Marwah remained undefeated with 37,261 votes. This time, Marwah defeated BJP’s Manjinder Singh Sirsa who secured the 2nd presumption with 23,310 votes.

In 2013, Marwah had a adjacent contention with Aam Aadmi Party’s Maninder Singh Dhir. He secured the 2nd presumption with 27,957 votes portion Dhir won with 29,701 votes.

In the 2015 assembly election, helium received lone 22,662 votes. The AAP’s Praveen Kumar won the Jangpura Assembly constituency with 43,927 votes.

In 2022, Marwah contested again from Jangpura but mislaid to AAP’s Praveen Kumar.