Sahi Ram is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and re-elected to Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India. He represents the Tughlakabad constituency of Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. He won from Tughlakabad Assembly on an Aam Aadmi Party Ticket in the years 2015 & 2020.

Sahi Ram
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
December 2013 – incumbent
Preceded byRamesh Bidhuri
ConstituencyTughlakabad
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
Dec 2015 – Nov 2020
Preceded byRamesh Bidhuri
ConstituencyTughlaqabad (Delhi Assembly constituency)
Personal details
Born (1959-10-10) 10 October 1959 (age 65)
Delhi, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
SpouseLate Smt. Balesh (wife)
Children3 sons
ResidenceDelhi
Alma materGovernment Boys Senior Secondary School, Badarpur
ProfessionPolitician

Early life and education

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Sahi Ram was born in Delhi on 10 October 1959.[1] He was brought up in Tekhand Village, Delhi. He attended the Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Badarpur and was educated to tenth grade.[2][3]

Political career

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Sahi Ram is a Second Term MLA, representing the Tughlakabad constituency in the Sixth and Seventh Delhi Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.[4]

In 2013, Sahi Ram was elected as Deputy Mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation. Also, he was elected as two times Councillor.[5]

Convictions

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Sahi Ram was first convicted under West Bengal Prevention of Defacement Property Act 1976 in July 1998.[6]

In July 2017, he was convicted for a second time for the offences punishable under sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by sharp object), 341 (wrongfully restrain) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code.[7]

Posts held

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# From To Position Comments
01 2015 2020 Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
02 2020 - Member, Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi
03 April 2013 April 2014 Deputy Mayor, South Delhi Municipal Corporation
04 2012 2015 Councillor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
05 2007 2012 Councillor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Electoral performance

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Tughlakabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Sahi Ram 58,905 54.51 −7.89
BJP Vikram Bidhuri 45,147 41.77 +12.07
INC Shubham Sharma 1,342 1.24 −2.90
BSP Manoj Kumar Ray 1,316 1.23 −0.72
NOTA None of the above 384 0.36 −0.01
Majority 13,757 12.73 −13.14
Turnout 1,08,098 60.84 −5.53
AAP hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "AAP MLA Sahiram Pehalwan faces FIR, booked by Delhi Police for scuffle and threatening". India.com. 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Member Profile". Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Candidate affidavit" (PDF). My neta.info. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. ^ name="Member Profile"
  5. ^ "BJP's Sarita Choudhary is Mayor of South corporation". 17 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Sahi Ram(AAP):Constituency- SOUTH DELHI(DELHI (NCT)) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ^ "AAP Lawmaker Sahi Ram Pahalwan Convicted In 2016 Assault Case". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
from Tughlakabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2020
Incumbent