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Parvesh Verma

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Who is Parvesh Verma

Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is an Indian politician affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Currently, he is a Member of Parliament from the West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency.
 
Verma is a son of former senior BJP politician and Delhi chief minister Sahib Singh Verma.
 
Parvesh Verma was first elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in May 2014, and subsequently re-elected in the 2019 national elections. Since September 1, 2014, he has served as a member of the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and a member of the Standing Committee on Urban Development. In the 2013 Delhi Assembly election, he contested from the Mehrauli constituency and defeated his Congress rival Yoganand Shastri, who was the incumbent Delhi Vidhan Sabha speaker at the time.
 
He also served as a member of the Delhi BJP election committee for the 2013 Assembly election.
 
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Verma defeated his Congress rival Mahabal Mishra, who had been an MP from West Delhi since 2009, by a margin of 578,486 votes. Verma not only broke his own record but also set a record as candidate with the highest victory margin in Delhi.
 
Born on 7 November 1977, Verma went to Kirori Mal College of the Delhi University (DU), and also received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Fore School of Management.
m creating an atmosphere of terror in the House by shouting down the voice of the Opposition. Is this not a kind of terrorism?”
 
For the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections, the BJP has again placed its bets on Sharma, fielding him from the Vishwas Nagar constituency. He is pitted against Deepak Singla of the AAP and Gurcharan Singh Raju of the Congress.
 

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The court said the imputations attributed to the AAP leader were in the nature of questions and did not amount to defamation; a detailed order is awaited

Updated On: 10 Oct 2026 | 2:09 PM IST

The incident, captured in a video shared by Singh on social media, triggered demands from AAP leaders for Verma's arrest

Updated On: 27 Sep 2026 | 5:56 PM IST

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed a plea of CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and K M Tiwari, seeking review of the April 29 decision of the court

Updated On: 03 Aug 2026 | 3:48 PM IST

The tender sought to procure two luxury boats equipped with rooftop air conditioners, business-class seats, open rear deck for VIPs and premium ambient lighting

Updated On: 27 Mar 2026 | 11:11 AM IST

Three Delhi Jal Board engineers suspended after a motorcyclist died falling into an uncovered construction pit in west Delhi's Janakpuri

Updated On: 06 Feb 2026 | 5:24 PM IST

The Delhi government will repair 500-km-long stretches of roads across the national capital by March 2026, PWD Minister Parvesh Verma said on Monday.

Updated On: 17 Nov 2025 | 5:26 PM IST

The faecal coliform bacteria concentration in the Yamuna has come down to 7,900 units per 100 ml at Nizamuddin this year, from 11 lakh units per 100 ml last year, Verma said

Updated On: 25 Oct 2025 | 7:10 PM IST

NDMC-led proposal aims to reimagine capital's nightlife with a food truck market modelled on Indore's famed night street food market

Updated On: 28 Jul 2025 | 4:52 PM IST

The minister said these are mostly Late Payment Surcharge (LPSC), adding the government plans to waive it off for domestic and government categories

Updated On: 12 Jul 2025 | 7:40 PM IST

The DJB has invited private companies to set up standalone water ATMs having a minimum capacity of 500 litres, made of stainless steel and equip with a built-in RO system

Updated On: 06 Jun 2025 | 5:35 PM IST

Several big commercial players in Delhi have been using water without declaring their consumption or paying the appropriate charges

Updated On: 14 May 2025 | 10:44 PM IST

The heavy rainfall, which began early Friday morning, led to significant waterlogging and traffic disruptions in several parts of Delhi

Updated On: 02 May 2025 | 10:51 AM IST

Delhi government has assigned the Flood and Irrigation Department a special responsibility to ensure the timely desilting of drains

Updated On: 12 Apr 2025 | 1:35 PM IST

Verma was on an inspection visit to Palam where the local residents complained about waterlogging in the area and a government school principal highlighted the problem of leakage in classrooms

Updated On: 11 Apr 2025 | 1:54 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta further said that the Delhi government will build a park on the 50 acres of land in Uttam Nagar that belong to the Flood and Irrigation Department

Updated On: 10 Apr 2025 | 2:09 PM IST

During a discussion on water shortage and sewerage blockage, Verma further criticised the past mismanagement

Updated On: 03 Apr 2025 | 10:23 AM IST

The principal secretary of Public Works Department (PWD) has sought an audit of the CCTV cameras to ensure their physical verification and functional status, they said

Updated On: 31 Mar 2025 | 7:35 AM IST

In the plea, petitioner Vishvanath Agarwal has sought a direction to declare the election to the New Delhi constituency null and void

Updated On: 26 Mar 2025 | 1:09 PM IST

Verma, in a post on X, said that during his first departmental meeting, senior officials struggled to recall the existing 10-digit helpline number

Updated On: 22 Mar 2025 | 5:33 PM IST

Built in 1974, Talkatora Stadium derives its name from the Talkatora Garden, where tal' means a water tank and 'katora' refers to a bowl-shaped natural depression

Updated On: 12 Mar 2025 | 3:02 PM IST