Kuldeep Kumar is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He hit the headlines on February 20, 2024, when the Supreme Court declared him the winner of the Chandigarh mayoral election, overturning the unfair appointment of previous BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar to Chandigarh Mayor’s results.
Wiki/Biography
Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor was born on Thursday, September 12, 1985 (age 38 years 2023) from Daddu Majra Colony, Chandigarh. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He studied in Punjab School Education Board School till Class 12th (2005). When he was young, he was associated with RSS and Bajrang Dal. He rose to fame in the sports world as a national-level kabaddi player. He has represented Chandigarh five times in national-level kabaddi competitions.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Kuldeep Kumar’s father, Rayat Pal, moved to Chandigarh from Uttar Pradesh in the early 1990s to work in a clerical job with the Haryana government. He died in September 2021. Kuldeep has a brother with whom he runs a tent business and catering business in Dadu Majra.
wife and children
His wife Mamta is a housewife. He has two children, a daughter named Umang and a son named Aditya.
Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor with wife and children
Religion/Religious Views
He believes in Hinduism.
address
His address is House No. 2064, Dumagira Colony Heritage and Services Centre, Dadu Majira, Chandigarh.
Signature/Autograph
Signed by Chandigarh Mayor Kuldeep Kumar
Profession
Before starting his political career, he worked as a sanitation worker (Safai Karamchari) in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. He was associated with the BJP as early as 2010. Kuldeep was a member of the SC morcha of the BJP but left the party to join the Congress. On May 30, 2017, Kuldeep was elected as the Chairman and Chairman of the Residents Welfare Association Committee Daddu Majira. He received 1,143 votes out of 3,023.
Kuldeep Kumar celebrates after assuming office as president and chairman of Resident Welfare Association Committee Daddumajra in 2017
In 2020, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Committee of Valmiki Ashram at Dadu Majra.
Kuldeep Kumar awarded the title of Chairman of Dadu Majra Valmiki Ashram Governing Council 2020
In 2021, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Kuldeep Kumar won the 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections from Ward 26, defeating the BJP sitting MP and former mayor Rajesh Kalia. Thereafter, he was employed as Medical Officer, Health Department, Municipal Corporation. On January 30, 2024, AAP-Congress alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar lost the Chandigarh mayoral election to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoj Sonkar.
AAP candidate Kuldeep Kumar breaks down after defeat in Chandigarh mayoral election on January 30, 2024
According to the election results, Sankar got 16 votes while Kuldeep got 12 out of 36 votes. The AAP has since claimed that returning officer Anil Masih unfairly declared eight votes invalid. The AAP challenged the outcome first in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and then in the Supreme Court. They showed videos purportedly showing election officials tampering with ballots. On February 20, 2024, the Supreme Council overturned the previous results of the Chandigarh mayoral election and declared Kuldeep Kumar as the new mayor.
Kuldeep Kumar welcomed after Supreme Court declared him mayor of Chandigarh on February 20, 2024
Apart from politics, Kuldeep also runs a tent business and catering business with his brother in Dadumajira. He also works as a real estate dealer in Dadu Majra.
dispute
police case
According to his affidavit in connection with the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Elections 2021, he was charged under Sections 147, 148, 149, 336 of the IPC and Sections 25-54-59, 27 of the Arms Act on April 5, 2015 in Malayalam. An FIR was registered against him in Loya police station in 1959.
Chandigarh Municipal Council adjourns general meeting
In 2023, eight AAP MPs, including Kuldeep Kumar, were suspended and forcibly ejected from the Chandigarh Municipal Assembly House meeting by law enforcers. The action was taken after lawmakers tried to harm MC officials and damaged House property. AAP MPs were outraged when Congress and BJP MPs asked them to apologize for calling them “thieves” and “corrupt elements” during a press conference. Addressing a press conference, AAP spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang and eight other AAP MPs accused the BJP and Congress of making money from the Dadu Majra dumpsite.
car collection
He owns a Toyota Etios.
assets and property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 4,825
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 5,50,000
Note: The asset estimate given does not include assets owned by his wife and dependents.
net worth
His net worth is Rs. 2,21,842 in 2021. This does not include his wife and dependents’ net worth.
Facts/Trivia
- His nickname is Teeta (also spelled Teeta).
- He uses the username KK Dhalor on Facebook.
- As a resident of Dadu Majra, he actively campaigned for the demolition of the Dadu Majra dumpsite. He said in an interview after SC declared him winner of Chandigarh mayoral election 2024,
I represent Dadu Majira. My house is next to the garbage dump wall. My focus is on finding early solutions to the problems plaguing the region. “
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