Raaj Kumar Anand | |
Term Start: | 03 November 2022 |
Term End: | 11 April 2024 |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (10 July 2024–present) |
Otherparty: | Bahujan Samaj Party (May 2024–July 2024) Aam Aadmi Party (2012–2024) |
Alma Mater: | Bundelkhand University |
Office: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi |
Lieutenant Governor: | Vinai Kumar Saxena |
Spouse: | Veena Anand (wife) |
Suboffice: | Kejriwal ministry – III |
Subterm: | Cabinet |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Arvind Kejriwal |
2Blankname: | Ministry and Departments |
2Namedata: |
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Predecessor: | Rajendra Pal Gautam |
Successor: | TBA |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1966 |
Office1: | Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 11 February 2020 |
Term End1: | 11 April 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Hazari Lal Chauhan |
Constituency1: | Patel Nagar |
Raaj Kumar Anand is an Indian businessman and politician from Delhi who belonged to Aam Aadmi Party before resigning. He is a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He represents Patel Nagar.[1] Raaj is married to a woman named Veena Anand.[2] He joined Bahujan Samaj Party in May 2024 to contest Lok Sabha Elections.[3] In July 2024, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party.
Anand completed postgraduate studies in political science from Bundelkhand University in 1989.[4] He was elected as a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Patel nagar on 11 February 2020.[5] [6] [7] On 4 June 2020 Raaj and his brother tested positive for Coronavirus. He was an asymptomatic case and he would be home quarantined.[8] [9] He was elected as a member of the 7th Delhi Assembly in 2020.[10] Anand was part of the Committee on Government Undertakings.[11]