The BJP candidate Rajesh Bhatia on Monday filed the nomination for Rajinder Nagar Assembly bypolls . He was accompanied by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi and other senior party workers. Bhatia filed his nomination at around 10:30 at Pusa ITI, New Delhi. According to an affidavit filed by Bhatia before the Election Commission, his net income for financial year 20-21 was `5, 95, 660 and his spouse Amisha Bhatia’s net income was `14,56,830. In 22019-20, his Income Tax return income showed `32.81 lakh. Bhatia currently owns a non-agricultural land at Bawana with area of around 2690 square feet and current value of the property is `3, 50, 00, 000.
He also owns a commercial building at Old Rajendra Nagar with the area of around 3683 square feet and its current value is `12, 00, 00, 000. The candidate has not been convicted for any criminal offences and there are no criminal cases pending against saffron party candidate Bhatia, it stated.
The candidate is a former general secretary of the BJP state unit; earlier he was a councilor from Rajinder Nagar from 2012 to 2017 and standing committee chairperson of the erstwhile North Municipal Corporation of Delhi (North MCD).
Bhatia started his journey as president of the Rajinder Nagar Mandal Yuva Morcha in 1985 and then he become the party’s mandal general secretary in 1988 and Karol Bagh district president in 2010.
The assembly seat was vacated by the AAP senior leader Raghav Chadha, after he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Punjab.