Background
Naresh Gaur was born on 5 October 1952 at Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
Naresh Gaur was born on 5 October 1952 at Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
He then attended Meerut University (now Chaudhary Charan Singh University), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws.
Gaur is a graduate of the University of Delhi and Meerut University. He has been elected from Babarpur three times. The only time he lost in 2003.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Shyam Lal College, affiliated with the University of Delhi.
He has contested the Babarpur constituency in four consecutive elections. He was elected for the First Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 1993, defeating runner-up Bhopal Singh of Indian National Congress (commonly known as the Congress) by a margin of 15,301 votes.
In the 1998 state assembly election, his margin of victory significantly decreased to 963 votes over runner-up Abdul Hameed of Congress. He lost to Congress candidate Vinay Sharma in 2003 by 4,259 votes.
Before the 2013 state assembly election, scheduled to be held on 4 December, the BJP conducted an internal survey related to potential candidates.
However, Gaur"s candidature from Babarpur Constituency was confirmed by the party on 7 November 2013.
A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he currently serves as a Member of Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association) in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha from the Babarpur constituency. Gaur is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main opposition party in the Indian Parliament and Delhi Vidhan Sabha. The Times of India reported that this found Gaur, along with five other current members of legislative assembly, to be a "weaker bet" for the election.