Chandrabhan Singh Aakya


Chandrabhan Singh Chouhan Aakya is an Indian politician currently serving as a member of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, representing the Chittorgarh Assembly constituency. He previously served as a member of the 14th and 15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate but currently holds office as an independent candidate. He won the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly election as an independent candidate.

Education

He completed his M.A. in 2000 and earned a postgraduate diploma in Physical Education in 2001 from Mohanlal Sukhadia University.

Political career

He previously served as an MLA from 2013 to 2018 and again from 2018 to 2023 representing the Chittorgarh Assembly constituency.
Following the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he was re-elected as an MLA from the Chittorgarh Assembly constituency, defeating Surendra Singh Jadawat, the candidate from the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 6823 votes.
PeriodPosition Held
2023Member of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2018 – 2023Member of the 15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2016 – 2018Chairman, Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions
2013 – 2018Member of the 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2009 - 2014Chairman, Chittorgarh Kendriya Sahkari Bank Ltd.
1997College President in Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

Resignation from BJP

He was denied BJP ticket from Chittorgarh. His candidacy was given to Narpat Singh Rajvi, former MLA from Vidhyadhar Nagar, who had previously served as an MLA from Chittorgarh twice, in 1993 and 2003.
He resigned from the party and contested as an independent candidate in the 2023 Assembly election.

Personal life

He married Sushila Kanwar. His wife is a homemaker.