Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi | |
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| Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Preneet Kaur |
| Constituency | Patiala |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Preneet Kaur |
| Succeeded by | Preneet Kaur |
| Constituency | Patiala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-06-01)1 June 1951 (age 74) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress(since 2024) Nawan Punjab Party(2019 - 2024) Punjab Front(2016 - 2019) Aam Aadmi Party(till 2016) |
| Residence | Patiala |
| Education | MD (Medicine) |
| Profession | Doctor, Politician |
Dharamvir Gandhi (born 1 June 1951) is an Indian politician and a member ofIndian National Congress. In2024 Indian general election he was elected fromPatiala Lok Sabha constituency defeating the incumbent MPPreneet Kaur. He was earlier a member of theAam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Nawa Punjab Party.
During his college days, Gandhi was detained for a month inAmritsar, for protesting againstthe 1977 Emergency.[1] He went on to become a reputedcardiologist of Patiala. He also worked as a senior lecturer at theGovernment Medical College, Patiala's Department of Cardiology.[2]
Gandhi joined politics inspired by the2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, and campaigned for the AAP during the2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[3] He contested the2014 Indian general election from Patiala on an AAP ticket. During the campaign, he was assaulted in the Rasulpur Saidan area, allegedly by theShiromani Akali Dal Municipal Councillor Rajinder Singh Virk.[4] Gandhi defeated the incumbent MPPreneet Kaur by a margin of 20,942 votes.[5]
He resigned from AAP in 2016. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Gandhi created his own party Punjab Front and contested. He came on third position.[6]
Punjab Front | |
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| Abbreviation | PBF |
| Leader | Dharamvir Gandhi |
| Founder | Dharamvir Gandhi |
| Founded | 26 September 2016 (2016-09-26) |
| Dissolved | 11 March 2019 |
| Split from | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Succeeded by | Nawan Punjab Party[6] |
| ECI Status | Registered |
Punjab Front was apolitical party in India formed by merging various splinter groups, smaller regional forums, fronts and political parties led by MP Dharamvir Gandhi.
It is the official name given to the much-anticipated Mahagathbandhan (or Fourth Front ) which was formed inPunjab, India after a day-long series of deliberations by like-minded groups and political organisations. The announcement of the Front was made by Gandhi at the end of the "Round Table Conference" inChandigarh on Sunday 26 September 2016.[7]
The party decided at a meeting in November 2016 to campaign for the enforcement of theRight To Education Act of 2009. The party claims that both government and private schools and colleges are guilty of discriminatory admission practices and are not managed in accordance with the law.[8]
In December 2016 the party announced fifteen candidates to contest the2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[9][10] All of them lost the election.[11]
Nawan Punjab Party | |
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| Abbreviation | NPP |
| Founder | Dharamvir Gandhi |
| Founded | 11 March 2019 (2019-03-11) |
| Preceded by | Punjab Front |
| Colours | |
| Alliance | Punjab Democratic Alliance |
Nawan Punjab Party is a Political party inPunjab established by Dharamvir Gandhi the thenMember of Parliament fromPatiala Constituency on 11 March 2019.[6]
Dharamvir Gandhi formed aPunjab Front in 2016 to contest2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. However his front failed to make any impact in election.[12]After this in 2019 beforeGeneral election he formed Nawan Punjab Party and joinedPunjab Democratic Alliance
Nawan Punjab Party candidate Dharamvir Gandhi contested only fromPatiala Constituency.[13]
However party lost from this constituency and Dharamvir Gandhi stood at third place and got 161,645 votes and 13.72% vote share from this constituency.[14]
In 2024, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi joined Indian National Congress Party and contested fromPatiala Constituency.
Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi won fromPatiala constituency with 305,616 votes and 26.54% vote share from this constituency.[15][16]
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