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Devinder Kumar Sehrawat

Devinder Kumar Sehrawat

Indian politician

Devinder Kumar Sehrawat is an Indian politician and former member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi of India.[1][2][3][4][5] He has represented the Bijwasan constituency[6][7] of New Delhi being a member of The AAM AADMI PARTY. He was one of the prominent persons who marched on 31 Jan 2011, the first rally and start of India Against Corruption Movement in Delhi. He was one of the founder member of the AAP. He worked as social and environmental activist.[8][9][10][11][12] He organised several Maha Panchayats of farmers and was instrumental in inclusion of several pro farmer provisions in the right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement act 2013. To secure the environment he took up Vide PIL on SDMC for waste collection and cleaning of Airport Area.[13] He proposed and worked to get the Delhi Airport area infrastructure development plan and contributed towards decongestion, greening and infrastructure upgradation by his efforts. He has been an activist in preservation of the ancient heritage of Delhi. He organised a mass moment to prevent encroachment  in Airport Area by over 2,500 Burmese immigrants.[14] He tookup the matter of safety of School children of Delhi on death of 2 young children one in Govt School Kapashera and the other in Ryan School in Vasant Kunj.[15][16] He filed public interest litigation[17] in High Court of Delhi against the negligence of the school authorities and Govt. officials and got a standard operating procedure issued by the court for the safety of approx. 50 Lakh school children of Delhi[18][19] While holding the position of secretary of Delhi Gramin Samaj helped the farmers.[20] He was a part of the protest against the Haryana government's move to acquire around 3,800 acres at Bawal for industrial development[21] and got highlighted for the social cause on TOI in march 2013.[22] He tabled the Motion in support of OROP in Delhi legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015.[23]

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Early life and education

Devinder Kumar Sehrawat was born in Delhi. His father's name is Ram Prakash Sehrawat. He attended the IIM University of Ahemdabad and Jawaharlal Nehru University and attained Master of Science and Bachelor of Science (National Defence Academy). Certificate of proficiency in French Language, Government of India, School of Foreign Languages, Lodhi road Delhi. Diploma in Materials Management (Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya Jabalpur), Advance Diploma in Advance Materials Management, Technical Stores(Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya Jabalpur), Devinder Kumar Sehrawat served in the Indian Army and after 20 years of service to the Nation as an Army officer, took premature retirement from the rank of colonel.[2][1]

Political career

Started as grassroot worker and held panchayats in the villages of Delhi to know the problems of rural population.[24][25] Worked as a journalist to highlight the plight of the rural population of Delhi and wrote columns in newspapers. Launched an agitation against the provisions of the Land Acquisition bill of UPA government and was instrumental in addition of several progressive points in the final bill.Founder member of Aam Aadmi Party, contested Lok Sabha election[26] in 2014 and secured second position in polls with approx. 4 Lac votes. Resigned from Aam Aadmi Party and sacrificed the office of MLA when Arvind Kejriwal supported the JNU gang and gave statements after Pulwama incident which were against Indian Army and nation's integrity. He joined BJP in May 2019 during Delhi leg of the Lok Sabha elections and actively campaigned for BJP,[27] resulting in second highest margin in Bijwasan constituency [28] amongst the 10 Vidhan Sabha Constituencies under South Delhi Parliamentary seat.

Posts held

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Honours and recognition

Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card for dedication to Service.

Awarded best performing MLA of Delhi, during open on Line Survey on internet.

Awarded environmental and Water resources soldier award by Airport area environment society.

Netaji Subhash Chander Bose award[29] for environmental preservation work by civil society of

Gurugram.

Recognised by Cooperative ministry of Uttrakahand for service to organic farmers of the state.

See also

References

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    "Member Profile". Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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    "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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    "Election result". Election commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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    "High drama at Delhi Secretariat". The Hindu. 7 March 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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    "Will not support Cong. or BJP even if it means re-election: AAP". The Hindu. 27 October 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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    "AAP's 1st manifesto for Bijwasan". The Times of India. 29 October 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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    "AAP's Devinder Sehrawat wears Army pride on his sleeve". The Times of India. 31 March 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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    "How the Vadra-DLF exposé has endeared Kejriwal to farmers-Politics News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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    "Mahipalpur hunts for Rs 2cr missing road". The Times of India. 9 September 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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    "Inquiry into Mahipalpur missing road". The Times of India. 2 October 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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    DHNS. "Bijwasan's MLA wants to end wait for new hospital". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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    "COL. DEVINDER SEHRAWAT Vs. SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR". www.the-laws.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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    DHNS. "Local residents resent Bangladeshi refugees". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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    "School death: HC issues notice to SDMC, Ryan International". Business Standard. 2 February 2016.
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    "School death: PIL seeks action over 'criminal neglect'". The Times of India. 2 February 2016. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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    "Delhi HC asks govt, SDMC and Ryan International school to reply to PIL". Hindustan Times. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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    "Delhi High Court takes stand for students' safety in govt, private schools". India Today. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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    ""Penalty has exposed doublespeak"". The Hindu. 14 February 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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    "Farmers' protest on Jaipur Road on Tuesday". Hindustan Times. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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    "Home ministry orders complex in 'Ridge' area". The Times of India. 11 March 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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    "Motion | Legislative Assembly". delhiassembly.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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    "Farmers agitate as state govts profit from land prices". The Times of India. 10 May 2011. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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    "Original inhabitants of Delhi may meet the fate of Red Indians in US, says Colonel Devinder Sehrawat". The Indian Express. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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    "AAP's 'son of soil' Colonel sets up war room". The Times of India. 23 March 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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    "⚡Shiv Sena Appoints Colonel Devinder Sehrawat As Party's Delhi Unit President". LatestLY. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  28. [28]
    "Bijwasan Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  29. [29]
    "Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2023". www.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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