TEJPAL TAWAR, 68, BJP

SOHNA

Educational qualification: Matric

MLA’S electoral record:

An agriculturist, Tawar worked in a leading tyre company for 22 years. He also became a trade union leader. He joined Jan Sangh and later the BJP. Having fought elections unsuccessfully in 1991 and 2009 from Sohna, he won in 2014.

`26.23 crore

Assets declared in 2014

Moveable: `7.82 crore Immovable: `18.41 crore

Constituency primer:

Sohna city is a part of Gurgaon parliamentary seat. This assembly constituency has a mixed population of Gujjars, Jats, Ahirs, Meos and other castes. However, Gujjars and Meos dominate the segment, followed by Rajput voters and scheduled caste (SC) voters.

Electoral history:

2014: BJP’ Tejpal Tawar defeated Kishore Yadav of INLD by 24,547 votes

2009: Dharambir Singh (Congress) defeated Zakir Hussain of BSP by 10,505 votes.

2005: An independent, Sukhbir Singh, defeated Dharam Pal of Congress by 12,235 votes.

How he performed: Soft-spoken Tawar is a hard task master. During his tenure, two colleges and three hospitals have become functional in Sohna. Three power sub-stations have come up and canal water for drinking has been made available to the people in the city and in many villages. A modern judicial complex, two new mini-secretariats have also been built. The MLA is also credited with delicately tackling numerous communal issues that cropped up in the past.

By the way:

He likes wrestling and ‘akhada’ is his favourite place