Arvinder Singh Lovely (Deoli MLA) explained

Office:Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Term Start:2008
Term End:2013
Constituency:Deoli
Successor:Prakash Jarwal
Birth Date:1965 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Delhi, India
Citizenship:Indian
Party:Indian National Congress (2008–2015, 2020–2021)
Otherparty:Bharatiya Janata Party (2015–2019)
Spouse:Alka Singh
Father:Buta Singh
Children:2
Residence:Delhi
Occupation:Businessman
Footnotes:[2]

Arvinder Singh Lovely (3 January 1965 – 1 November 2021) was an Indian politician.[3] He was elected as an MLA from Deoli constituency of Delhi, on an Indian National Congress ticket in 2008. In 2015, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party, after Congress denied a ticket to his father Buta Singh.[4] He left BJP in 2019 to join Indian National Congress again. In 2020, he contested from Deoli constituency of Delhi on the Indian National Congress ticket and lost.

Political career

Arvinder Singh was born to former minister and veteran Congress leader Buta Singh, in a Scheduled Caste Sikh family. In the 2008 Delhi Assembly elections, Congress gave him a ticket from Deoli. His father, who was the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes at that time, took leave from work to campaign for him.[5] He achieved a surprise victory, defeating BSP's Sreelal by a big margin of 16,627 votes.[6]

In 2010, he raised the issue of reservation for scheduled castes in Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The proposal was shot down by his namesake Arvinder Singh Lovely, who was the Delhi Gurudwara election and administration minister at that time.[7]

In the 2013 Delhi Assembly elections, he was defeated by Prakash Jarwal of AAP. In 2015, he left Congress to join BJP.[8] but returned to Congress in 2020.

Death

He died due to cardiac arrest in November 2021.[9]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/senior-delhi-congress-leader-arvinder-singh-dies-cardiac-arrest-1872174-2021-11-01 Senior Delhi Congress leader Arvinder Singh dies following cardiac arrest
  2. Web site: Profile on Delhi Assembly website . 13 January 2015 .
  3. News: WHO IS ARVINDER SINGH LOVELY. Business Standard India. 2 November 2021.
  4. News: Delhi Elections: Arvinder Singh joins BJP after Congress denies ticket to father Buta Singh . 13 January 2015 . Indian Express .
  5. News: Papa Buta takes leave for son sake . 27 November 2008 . Mid-Day .
  6. News: Delhi gives a third term to Congress . 9 December 2008 . The Hindu .
  7. News: 'No quota in Gurudwara polls' . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821124251/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/No-quota-in-Gurudwara-polls/Article1-589666.aspx . dead . 21 August 2010 . Hindustan Times . 21 August 2010 .
  8. News: Buta Singh's son Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP . 13 January 2015 . The Hindu .
  9. Web site: Senior Delhi Congress leader Arvinder Singh dies following cardiac arrest .