Bharat Bhushan Ashu | |
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Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab | |
In office 2021–2022 | |
Constituency | Ludhiana West |
MLA | |
In office 2012–2022 | |
Succeeded by | Gurpreet Gogi |
Municipal Sub Councillor | |
Assumed office 1997 [1] – 2002 2002–2007 2007–2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Ludhiana, Punjab, India | 20 March 1971
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Bharat Bhushan Ashu (born 20 March 1971) is an Indian National Congress politician from Punjab. He is two-time MLA representing the Ludhiana West Assembly constituency and he was Cabinet Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab.
Ashu started his political career when he was elected as a Municipal Councillor in the year 1997 [1] from ward number 48 of Ludhiana.
In the year 2012, he was allotted a ticket of the Indian National Congress to contest from Ludhiana West Vidhan Sabha constituency and he becomes the Deputy CLP leader in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. [3] [4]
Again in the year 2017, he defeated Ahbaab Grewal of Aam Aadmi Party with a margin of 36,521 votes. [5] He was the Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab. [6]
In 2022, he lost the election from Ludhiana West to AAP Candidate Gurpreet Bassi Gogi by more than 7500 votes. [7]
Ashu had been continuously criticised for his bad temper, arrogance and misbehaviour:
In January 2019, Ashu was publicly seen and captured by media while misbehaving with female officer in a public function. [8]
In February 2019, Audio recordings of Ashu threatening and blackmailing the then DSP & Superintending engineer of Improvement trust went viral. [9]
In October 2019, Ashu was blamed for thrashing his own party's volunteer during by-election preparations. [10]