Old Congress hand, ex-Jangpura MLA: Meet BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah who took down AAP’s Manish Sisodia

Marwah was a long-time Congress leader and three-time MLA from Jangpura before he switched to the BJP. In 2022, he complained of not getting time with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi for a meeting. Later the same year, he joined the BJP. Speaking at the BJP headquarters soon after, he took swipes at the senior Congress leadership, referring to Rahul Gandhi as ‘raja’ and Sonia Gandhi as ‘maharani’.

According to his affidavit filed with the Election Commission, Marwah owns a business and has several rental properties. He has 13 commercial and 12 residential buildings under his name and that of his wife Surinderpal Kaur Marwah.

He has one pending criminal case against him.

He is a college dropout; He studied at PGDAV College, Delhi University, till his first year.

In 2024, Marwah saw his share of controversies when Congress filed a complaint against him with the Delhi Police. The complaint mentioned him and stated that he “openly issued assassination threats against Gandhi” on September 11. According to the complaint, Marwah had said that if Rahul Gandhi doesn’t mend his ways, he will meet the same fate as his grandmother Indira Gandhi.

In 2021, a Delhi court acquitted Marwah and former BJP MLA OP Sharma in a case of allegedly assaulting former CPI member Ameeque Jamai outside Patiala House Courts premises in February 2016.

Electoral contests

During his tenure with the Congress, Marwah won the Jangpura seat in 1998 with 28,384 votes, securing 51.47% of the vote share. BJP’s Bir Bahadur was the runner-up, with 16,465 votes.
Marwah won in 2003 as well with 32,937 votes. He defeated BJP’s Kuldeep Singh Bhogal who secured 12,710 votes. This time, Marwah won with an increased vote share, up by 6.88%.

His vote share decreased in 2008 to 57% but Marwah remained undefeated with 37,261 votes. This time, Marwah defeated BJP’s Manjinder Singh Sirsa who secured the second position with 23,310 votes.

In 2013, Marwah had a close contest with Aam Aadmi Party’s Maninder Singh Dhir. He secured the second position with 27,957 votes while Dhir won with 29,701 votes.

In the 2015 assembly election, he received only 22,662 votes. The AAP’s Praveen Kumar won the Jangpura Assembly constituency with 43,927 votes.

In 2022, Marwah contested again from Jangpura but lost to AAP’s Praveen Kumar.