Parvesh Verma is the incumbent MP for West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency. He is a member of the ruling BJP and has won from West Delhi twice, in 2014 and 2019. Parvesh Verma is one of the many rising young stars in the BJP who got elected in 2014 at the age of 36. He is the son of the former chief minister of Delhi, Sahib Singh Verma. Parvesh Verma also served as an MLA, getting elected from Mehrauli in 2013.
With the rise of Narendra Modi and the advent of AAP in Delhi, Mr Verma got elected from West Delhi, getting 6,51,395 votes (48.3%), defeating Jarnail Singh of the AAP by a margin of 2,68,586 votes (19.92%). In 2019, he got re-elected with 8,65,648 votes (60.05%), defeating Mahabal Mishra of the Congress. Mr Verma’s victory margin of 5,78,486 votes was the 6th highest victory margin in the country.
- Name: Parvesh Sahib Singh
- Age: 46 years
- Political Party: BJP
- Educational Qualification: B.Com, M.B.A. (International Business) Educated at Kirori Mal College (University of Delhi) and FORE School of Management, Delhi
- Profession: Businessperson, Agriculturist
- Enrolled as Voter in: 34 Matiala,Delhi constituency, at Serial no 994 in Part no 16
- Email: parveshsahibsingh@gmail.com
- Contact Number: 9811361000, 9910661000
- Address: 31/23/1, Vill. Matiala, Delhi-110059
Parvesh Verma is also active on various social media platforms.
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parveshsahibsingh/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_sahibsingh
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parveshsahibsingh/
Parvesh Verma has no pending criminal cases against him.
In the 2019 elections, the MP declared assets to the tune of Rs 15,51,95,014 with 3 crore in movable assets and 12 crores in immovable assets. His sources of income are his MP Salary, Partner in M/S Sahib Auto Mobile, Rent and Interest Income. He has liabilities of Rs 4,00,97,329. From 2014, his movable assets saw an increase of 76% from Rs. 1,82,35,461 and immovable assets increased by 38% from 8.9 crores.
- Details of Holdings in 2019
- Movable assets: Rs. 3.2 Cr
- Immovable assets: Rs. 12.3 Cr
- Total Assets (Movable + Immovable): Rs. 15.5 Cr
- Liabilities: Rs. 4 Cr
Mr. Verma served as the Deputy Whip of BJP in 16th Lok Sabha. In the 16th Lok sabha, he served as a member in-
- Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex
- Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
- Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
- Standing Committee on Urban Development.
In the 17th Lok Sabha, he is the member of
- Committee on Estimates
- Standing Committee on Finance
- Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
- Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
MP Parvesh Singh has done extremely well in terms of attendance in the parliament with 95% attendance, higher than the national average of 79% and state average of 80%. The MP recorded 100% attendance in Winter Session 2023, Special Session 2023, Budget Session 2020 etc.
The MP also participated in 46 debates, again higher than the national average of 45.1 and state average of 35. He has participated in many debates related to national and local issues like
- The NCT of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2023
- Water shortage in Delhi
- Controlling drugs smuggling
- New excise policy of the Delhi Government
- Air pollution and climate change
He asked 268 questions in parliament, higher than the national and state average of 204 and 180 respectively. His questions range from topics of air pollution and infrastructure building:
- Faculty in Central Universities
- Houses to Homeless People in Delhi
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Quality of Construction of Houses
- Marine Pollution
He has introduced 12 private member bills in the parliament ranging on issues from prevention of sealing of shops in Delhi, biodegradable packing to compulsory teaching of financial education. The complete list of debates attended, questions asked and bills introduced can be accessed here.
MP Parvesh Verma utilised most of his MPLAD schemes out of the 21.36 crore alloted to West Delhi with 0.68 crore unspent funds left.
MP Parvesh Verma has often attracted controversies due to his statements. In the campaign for 2020 assembly elections, he was faced with a 24 hour ban by the Election Commission for calling Arvind Kejriwal, a “terrorist”. He also caused a huge uproar by suggesting that Shaheen Bagh protesters could “enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters, and kill them.” At a VHP rally, he called for a total boycott of the Muslim community.
What do I want from my MP?
As a young person, I wish to see politicians I can look up to. People who make us passionate about policy making and politics and believe in the value of our vote and democracy. From what I have seen as a resident of West Delhi, it is the complete opposite. The MP has been conspicuously absent from the constituency from the past 5 years. To see him go on hateful rants about a particular community deepens the divide in our society.
Our politicians should be representing everyone regardless of their identity and yet we see here a blatant attempt to polarise the people of Delhi. MP Parvesh Verma has been a part of the Consultative Committee on Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. He represents a constituency which is facing the effects of urban sprawl, air pollution and lack of affordable housing. We want from our MP action on lack of housing, the persistent problem of haphazard infrastructure due to poor urban planning and unlivable conditions in slums.
He should be leading the way forward in community driven solutions to the problems arising due to rapid urbanization. As a member of the ruling party, he should have brought key industries to West Delhi to create sustainable jobs. As students, we have been repeatedly promised quality infrastructure in the West Campus of the Delhi University but we haven’t seen much progress in the MP’s 10 years.