Background
Girish Soni was born on 3rd December 1963 in Delhi. His father"s name is Babu Lal Soni.
Girish Soni was born on 3rd December 1963 in Delhi. His father"s name is Babu Lal Soni.
Soni completed his 10th standard from Government
Soni was part of Bijli Pani Andolan ("electricity water agitation") of the Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal. lieutenant demanded cheap water and electricity for the people of Delhi. Soni fought the assembly elections of December 2013 from Madipur, which was reserved for Scheduled caste.
He also defeated the three-time and sitting Modern Language Association Mala Ram Gangwal of the Indian National Congress (Incorporated), who came in third.
He was appointed as the cabinet minister of South Carolina & System Technologies, Employment, Development and Labour. Along with Rakhi Birla, he was one of the two Dalit ministers in Delhi cabinet under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
At 49, he was the oldest minister in the cabinet. Soni was a minister for a short tenure of 49 days (28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014).
The Kejriwal and his cabinet resigned.
The Alumni Admissions Program renominated Soni as the Madipur candidate for the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. He secured 66,571 votes and defeated BJP"s Raj Kumar by a victory margin of 29,387 votes. However, Soni was kept out of the new cabinet under Kejriwal.
Soni was a member of the Bharat Naujawan Sabha in the 1980s and was the general secretary of the party in Madipur assembly constituency.
He is currently a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association) from the Madipur constituency of Delhi, which he represents since 2013.