Premchand Aggarwal

Premchand Aggarwal
Minister of Finance
Government of Uttarakhand
Assumed office
23 March 2022
Chief MinisterPushkar Singh Dhami
Preceded byPushkar Singh Dhami
Minister of Urban Development & Housing
Government of Uttarakhand
Assumed office
23 March 2022
Chief MinisterPushkar Singh Dhami
Preceded byBanshidhar Bhagat
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Uttarakhand
Assumed office
23 March 2022
Chief MinisterPushkar Singh Dhami
Preceded byBanshidhar Bhagat
5th Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
23 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
DeputyRaghunath Singh Chauhan
Preceded byGovind Singh Kunjwal
Succeeded byRitu Khanduri Bhushan
Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2007
Preceded byShoorveer Singh Sajwan
ConstituencyRishikesh
Personal details
Born (1960-04-12) 12 April 1960 (age 64)
Doiwala, Uttar Pradesh, India
(present-day Uttarakhand)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Shashi Prabha Aggarwal
(m. 1986)
Parent
  • Mange Ram Aggarwal (father)
EducationMCom, LLB
Websitepremaggarwalbjp.in
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Premchand Aggarwal is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Aggarwal is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Rishikesh constituency in Dehradun district where he has a residence. He is originally from Doiwala. He has been MLA for Rishikesh consecutively in three terms since the 2007 Assembly election. In the 2017 Assembly election he defeated his nearest rival Rajpal Singh Kharola of Indian National Congress by the margin of 14,801 votes. As of March 2017, he is the current Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as he was elected unopposed by the newly elected members.[1][2][3]

In 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly election, he has defeated nearest rival INC candidate Jayendra Ramola, thus creating history in Uttarakhand. He is continuous winning candidate for last 4 terms from Rishikesh assembly seat, from same party BJP.