Tejasvi Surya
Tejasvi Surya | |
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| 17th Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament for Bangalore South | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
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| Born | 16 November 1990 Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Tejasvi Surya is youngest Member of Parliament in 17th Lok Sabha from the Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency).[1][2]
Before the 2019 Indian general election, he was involved in politics for the ruling party. He was an active member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. A lawyer by training, he represented multiple BJP party leaders, including the editor of PostCard News Mahesh Hegde, and helped Ashok Haranhalli investigate Karnataka BJP supremo B. S. Yeddyurappa in a 2019 corruption case.[3] He was also in charge of social media campaign for BJP during the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.[4]
Controversy
Tejasvi Surya, in his social platform, fueled several controversies remarking abusive comments against Islamic women.[5][6]
2019 Lok Sabha Elections
His candidature for the 2019 Indian general election from Bangalore South Constituency was announced by BJP on 18 April 2019, surprising poll watchers by being selected over Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, wife of the longtime MP Ananth Kumar and choice for Karnataka BJP.[3] He won the elections by defeating B. K. Hariprasad of Congress by more than 300,000 votes.[7]
References
- ↑ "Bangalore South Lok Sabha election Live: Tejasvi Surya won", 2019 Indian general election, 24 May 2019
- ↑ . Times of Assam. Times of Assam https://www.timesofassam.com/national/lok-sabha-election-2019/another-abusive-tweet-by-bjp-mp-candidate-tejasvi-surya-spotted/. Retrieved 24 May 2019. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "From Assistant Head Boy in School to MP Ticket, The Meteoric Rise of BJP's Bangalore South Candidate Tejasvi Surya". News18. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ↑ "Lok Sabha election results 2019: Meet BJP's youngest MP — Tejasvi Surya". moneyconrol.com. 23 May 2019.
- ↑ Bureau, Times of Assam (March 28 2019). "Another abusive tweet by BJP MP Candidate Tejasvi Surya spotted". Times of Assam. Times of Assam. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Archive, Web. "Web Archive". Archive.is. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ↑ "Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)", Wikipedia, 2019-05-23, retrieved 2019-05-24
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