Ramesh Bidhuri (47) BJP Tughlakabad

Bidhuri joined BJP in 1993 and contested from Tughlakabad constituency but lost that and also the next one in 1998 but didn’t lose heart. Know your MLA

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Bidhuri has a stone crushing and transport business. “It is a family business that my forefathers had started. We have a joint family and the day-to-day work of business is looked after by my elder brother and his sons,” he said.

Education: B.Com from Delhi University’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh College.

Political Career: Bidhuri joined BJP in 1993 and contested from Tughlakabad constituency but lost that and also the next one in 1998 but didn’t lose heart. “I was in politics because I followed the nationalist ideology. Becoming an MLA was not my only goal,” he said. He won the 2003 assembly elections.

Family: Bidhuri stays with his extended family under one roof in Tughlakabad. Wife Kamla Bidhuri is a homemaker. Their daughter and two sons are still in school.

Cars: Bidhuri said he doesn’t own any car at present. The only car he owned, a Honda City, was stolen sometime back.

— Sidhartha Roy