Naresh Gaur (Hindi pronunciation::; born 5 October 1952) is an Indian politician and advocate. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he currently serves as a Member of Legislative *embly (MLA) in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha from the Babarpur cons*uency.

Gaur is a graduate of the University of Delhi and Meerut University. He has been elected from Babarpur three times; the only time he lost in 2003. He is married and has three children.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Political career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 References

Early life and education

Naresh Gaur was born on 5 October 1952 at Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Shyam Lal College, affiliated with the University of Delhi. He then attended Meerut University (now Chaudhary Charan Singh University), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws.

Political career

Gaur is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main opposition party in the Indian Parliament and Delhi Vidhan Sabha.

He has contested the Babarpur cons*uency in four consecutive elections. He was elected for the First Legislative *embly of Delhi in 1993, defeating runner-up Bhopal Singh of Indian National Congress (commonly known as the Congress) by a margin of 15,301 votes. In the 1998 state *embly election, his margin of victory significantly decreased to 963 votes over runner-up Abdul Hameed of Congress. He lost to Congress candidate Vinay Sharma in 2003 by 4,259 votes. In the 2008 state *embly election, he won from Babarpur Vidhan Sabha Cons*uency third time after defeating runner-up Haji Dilshad Ali of Bahujan Samaj Party by a margin of 3,826 votes.

Before the 2013 state *embly election, scheduled to be held on 4 December, the BJP conducted an internal survey related to potential candidates. The Times of India reported that this found Gaur, along with five other current members of legislative *embly, to be a "weaker bet" for the election. However, Gaur's candidature from Babarpur Cons*uency was confirmed by the party on 7 November 2013.

Personal life

Gaur is married to Mani Gaur, and together they have two sons (Varun and Arun) and a daughter (Swati). He lives in Naveen Shahdara neighbourhood of Shahdara, North East Delhi. His interests include reading, politics and history. He is an advocate by profession.

References