Satish Khandelwal
Satish Chandra Khandelwal was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya [Janata Party], who was a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly between 1993 and 1998.
Political career
Khandelwal was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Jana Sangh since 1952. He became a Municipal Councillor for 17 years at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and later the Deputy Mayor. He was nominated to contest in the 1989 Indian general election from the Chandni [Chowk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandni Chowk constituency] but lost to Jai Parkash Aggarwal of the Indian National Congress with a margin of over 9000 votes. He was again nominated to contest in the 1993 [Delhi Legislative Assembly election] from the Paharganj constituency and was elected, polling at 41.76% of the votes against the Indian National Congress and Janata Dal candidates who polled at 34.44% and 24.34% of the votes respectively.Trade union leader of Praveen Khandelwal is his nephew.