Dinesh Mohaniya

Dinesh Mohaniya
Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board
In office 29 July 2015[1] – 2 March 2020
Succeeded by	Raghav Chadha
Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 December 2013
Preceded by	Dr. Shiv Charan Lal Gupta
Constituency	Sangam Vihar
Personal details
Born	(1977-12-31) 31 December 1977 (age 46) New Delhi, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse	Rani Mohaniya (wife)
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Parent	Bhagat Singh Mohaniya Baghel (father)
Residence(s)	B-14, Shiv Park, Khanpur, New Delhi-110062
Alma mater	Deshbandhu College Amity University, Noida
Profession	Politician

Dinesh Mohaniya is an Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He is an MLA from Sangam Vihar constituency. He defeated the BJP candidate Shiv Charan Lal Gupta and Congress candidate Jag Parvesh (Sajjan Kumar's son) in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.

In 2014, Mohaniya alleged that the BJP leader Sher Singh Dagar offered him ₹40,000,000 to help BJP form the state government in Delhi. AAP released sting footage of the conversation between the two.[2]

He again won Delhi Assembly Election 2020 from Sangam Vihar, with a margin of 42522 votes by defeating Shiv Charan Lal Gupta (Janata Dal (United)).

Political career

Between Feb. 2015 and Aug. 2015 he was the Chairman, DDC South. Between 2015 and 2020 he was the Vice Chairman, Delhi Jal Board (DJB).[3] From Nov. 2020 till present he served as the Chairperson, Delhi Development Committee, South East District.

Since 2020 he was the Aam Aadmi Party Incharge, Uttarakhand. Since 2020 he was the co-Incharge MCD.

He was arrested in 2016 for molestation and sexual harassment and sent to Tihar Jail in Delhi. He was later acquitted by the Delhi High Court.[4][5]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Second term (2015-2020)

In 2015 he was elected as the MLA representing Sangam Vihar in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He was made the Chairman of the Estimates Committee.

Third term (2020-)

He was re-elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 2020 and made the Chairman on the committee on Government Undertakings.

Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Sangam Vihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Dinesh Mohaniya
	JD(U)
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Sangam Vihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Dinesh Mohaniya	75,345	64.58	−1.37
	JD(U)	Shiv Charan Gupta	32,823	28.13	+2.4
	INC	Poonam Azad	2,604	3.23	−0.9
	NOTA	None of the above	872	0.75	+0.33
Majority			42,522	36.44	−3.77
Turnout			1,17,577	62.20	−4.48
	AAP hold		Swing	-1.37

References

1. "AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya takes charge as Vice-Chairman of Delhi Jal Board". The Economic Times.
2. "AAP releases video claiming BJP trying to 'buy' support". The Times of India. 8 September 2014.
3. Desk, BL Internet (11 February 2020). "Delhi Assembly election results: It is victory of people of Delhi, says Arvind Kejriwal". www.thehindubusinessline.com. No. AAP leads with over 10, 000 votes in 15 seats. Retrieved 21 June 2022. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
4. "AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya sent to Tihar jail after court rejects his bail plea". Firstpost. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
5. PTI (16 March 2020). "Delhi court acquits AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya in 2016 molestation case". ThePrint. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

External links

1. Dinesh Mohaniya on Twitter
2. Delhi Assembly MLA Profile
3. Aap Aadmi Party

State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by ?	Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Sangam Vihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2020–	Incumbent