Parvesh Verma’s political journey
Born in 1977, Verma did his schooling at Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. After graduating from Kirori Mal College, he received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Fore School of Management.
During the 2013 Assembly elections, he was a member of the Delhi BJP Election Committee. In the same year, he won from Mehrauli Assembly seat by defeating incumbent MLA and Speaker of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, Yoganand Shastri and AAP’s Narinder Singh Sejwal.
He emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections by winning from the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency by over 2 lakh votes. Verma secured a second term from the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency by defeating Congress’ Mahabal Mishra by a record margin of over 5 lakh votes.
He secured a historic win in the 2019 general elections by securing over 8 lakh votes, the highest recorded margin in the history of Delhi Lok Sabha elections. He has been associated with the BJP for almost three decades.
His Family Background
Parvesh Verma is the son of the former Chief Minister of Delhi Sahib Singh Verma and Sahib Kaur. He has four siblings; one brother and three sisters. His father also served as the Union Labour Minister during the 13th Lok Sabha.
His uncle Azad Singh served as the Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation. Verma is married to Swati Singh, daughter of Vikram Verma, former Union Minister and BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh. They have three children – two daughters and a son.
Verma’s campaign against Kejriwal
By mid-January, Parvesh Verma’s campaign against Arvind Kejriwal was in full swing. He visited jhuggi jhopri clusters across his constituency to understand the requirements of people.
He listened to their problem relating to clean water and electricity. He claimed that the majority of people in these clusters did not have access to clean water and electricity.
“Many people in Jhuggi Jhopri clusters don’t have free water and electricity…I would say this openly. Whoever is getting clean water and zero electricity bills, please vote for Kejriwal, and whoever isn’t, please vote for BJP, ” Verma had said during his campaign.
Verma also cornered Kejriwal over his lavish CM residence which he termed as ‘Sheeshmahal’. He even kept a model of the Sheeshmahal outside his house for the people to see.
Besides, Verma promised many things during his election campaign including a riverfront at Yamuna similar to the Sabarmati riverfront in Gujarat, houses for slum dwellers, 50 thousand government jobs, flyovers, and making Delhi pollution-free.
He is expected to become the next Chief Minister of Delhi.
