# Parvesh Verma

Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (Hindi pronunciation:) (born 7 November 1977) is an Indian politician and a minister of Delhi since 20 February 2025 and is a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the New Delhi Assembly constituency. He was Member of parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing West Delhi. He served two terms as an MP for a period of 10 years from 2014 to 2024. In 2014, he was first elected to the 16th Lok Sabha and re-elected in 2019 for the 17th Lok Sabha with the highest-ever margin of victory in the history of Delhi, a margin of 578,486 votes. He won the 2025 assembly election from New Delhi against Arvind Kejriwal, former Chief Minister of Delhi.
He contested the Mehrauli Vidhan Sabha constituency in the 2013 assembly election and defeated Yoganand Shastri. Parvesh Verma is the son of Sahib Singh Verma, former Chief Minister of Delhi.

## Early life and education

Parvesh Verma was born to Sahib Singh Verma, a former Chief Minister of Delhi, and Sahib Kaur on 7 November 1977 in a Hindu Jat family. Verma has one brother and three sisters.
Verma studied at Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram and Kirori Mal College. He received his Master of Business Administration from the Fore School of Management. His uncle Azad Singh Verma was the mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation and contested Mundka Vidhan Sabha Constituency on the BJP ticket in the 2013 assembly election.

## Political career
### Early political involvements

Verma was interested in contesting the West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency in the 2009 general election but was denied a ticket by the party despite receiving assurances from party leaders that he would be considered. Instead, Jagdish Mukhi, the then-Member of the Legislative Assembly from Janakpuri contested West Delhi. A mahapanchayat held on 22 March 2009 in Dwarka condemned the decision of the BJP to deny Parvesh the ticket".

### Election debut

On 7 November 2013, the BJP announced Verma as the party's candidate from Mehrauli constituency for the 2013 Legislative Assembly election. The mayor of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, Sarita Chaudhary, and senior BJP Leader Sher Singh Dagar, the BJP candidate for Mehrauli in the 2008 election, both wanted to contest the same seat. Supporters of both the aspirants opposed Verma's candidature. Chaudhary's supporters protested outside the Delhi BJP headquarters and called Verma an "outsider". His mother and wife campaigned for him in the constituency. He was also made a member of the Delhi BJP Election Committee for the 2013 assembly election. He defeated runner-up Narinder Singh Sejwal of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by 4,564 votes, and the incumbent MLA and Speaker of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, Yoganand Shastri.

### Member of Parliament

In 2014 Indian general election, Verma won the West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency election by a record margin of 2,68,586 votes. In the 2019 Indian general election, Verma won a second term as Member of Parliament (MP) in West Delhi with a record-breaking margin of 5.78 lakh votes, beating Congress's Mahabal Mishra, who got 2,87,162 votes. Verma broke his own record for the highest victory margin in Delhi and the 6th highest in India. In the 2019 general election, Verma got 8,65,648 of the total 14,41,601 votes polled in the seat. This is the highest recorded margin in the history of Delhi that any Lok Sabha candidate had ever won by.
He joined the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and the Standing Committee on Urban Development. He also served on the governing body of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Currently, he is a member of the Estimates Committee and the Parliament Finance Committee.

### Delhi Assembly

He won his seat in the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election from New Delhi Assembly constituency, defeating former Chief Minister and MLA Arvind Kejriwal.

## Personal life

Verma is married to Swati Verma, the daughter of former Union Minister and BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, Vikram Verma. They have three children: two daughters and a son. He runs the NGO Rashtriya Swabhiman.

## Controversies

During the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election campaigning, Verma openly told people gathered at the Shaheen Bagh protests that if the BJP is voted to power in Delhi, it will clear them off within one hour. He also stated Muslims such as those present at the Shaheen Bagh protests were known to "enter Hindu houses, rape our sisters and daughters".
Before the first phase of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Verma made a controversial offer of post-poll alliance with BJP to Rashtriya Lok Dal's Jayant Chaudhary after hosting a meeting of Home Minister Amit Shah with Jat leaders from Western UP; and Verma also told the mediapersons that Jayant, who was in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, had "chosen a wrong home".
Verma has also called for the 'total boycott' of Muslims at a recent rally organised by the VHP.

## Electoral performance

Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: New Delhi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Parvesh Verma | 30,088 | 48.82 | 16.07 |
| | AAP | Arvind Kejriwal | 25,999 | 42.20 | 12.92 |
| | INC | Sandeep Dikshit | 4,568 | 7.41 | 3.20 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 314 | 0.51 | 0.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,199 | 6.82 | 19.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,636 | | |
| | BJP gain from AAP | BJP gain from AAP | Swing | | |
2019 Indian general elections: West Delhi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma | 865,648 | 60.05 | 11.75 |
| | INC | Mahabal Mishra | 2,87,162 | 19.92 | 5.59 |
| | AAP | Balbir Jakhar | 2,51,873 | 17.47 | 10.91 |
| | BSP | Sita Saran Sen | 13,269 | 0.92 | 0.49 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 8,937 | 0.62 | 0.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,78,486 | 40.13 | 20.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,42,492 | 60.82 | 5.28 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 11.75 | |
2014 Indian general elections: West Delhi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma | 651,395 | 48.30 | 8.58 |
| | AAP | Jarnail Singh | 3,82,809 | 28.38 | New |
| | INC | Mahabal Mishra | 1,93,266 | 14.33 | 39.99 |
| | IND. | Jarnail Singh | 84,722 | 6.28 | N/A |
| | BSP | Raj Pal Singh | 8,707 | 0.65 | 3.44 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 7,932 | 0.59 | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,68,586 | 19.92 | 5.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,47,971 | 66.10 | 13.76 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 6.02 | |