Akhilesh Pati Tripathi

Akhilesh Pati Tripathi (born 20 January 1984) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi (M.L.A.). He was a member of Aam Aadmi Party and represented Model Town (Assembly constituency) of Delhi.

Personal life Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was born on 20 January 1984 in Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Abhay Nandan Tripathi, was a schoolteacher.

Tripathi attended school in Mehdawal and graduated from ECC College, Allahabad.

Politics Tripathi was a volunteer in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare, where he campaigned alongside Arvind Kejriwal, encouraging youth to join the agitation. Initially opposed by his family, who wanted him to focus on his IAS exams, they later supported his decision.

In the December 2013 Delhi assembly elections, Tripathi won the Model Town seat, defeating Congress's Kanwar Karan Singh and BJP’s Ashok Goel by 7,875 votes. He promised a commercial area for traders and raised issues like the slums' ration mafia, which allegedly attacked him, leading to a hospital stay.

After being renominated by AAP for the 2015 elections, Tripathi raised issues of women's safety and a citizen's fund for development. Tripathi won re-election, defeating BJP’s Vivek Garg by 16,706 votes.

Controversies and convictions

Assault convictions Tripathi, along with another AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha, were convicted of rioting and inciting attacks on the Burari police station in North Delhi in 2015. The court found that both leaders provoked the crowd, urging them to attack police personnel with statements such as "policewalo ko sabak sikhane ka samay aa gaya hai" (the time has come to teach the police a lesson). The attack left multiple police personnel injured. Tripathi was sentenced to six months of imprisonment and fined ₹10,000.

Tripathi has also faced multiple allegations of assault in subsequent years. In July 2022, he was accused of assaulting residents of Model Town when they approached him to complain about local problems. Later, in December 2022, Tripathi was booked after a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) employee alleged that the MLA, along with a group of men, assaulted him at a sewage pumping station in Kalyan Vihar during an inquiry about sewage clearance. The employee required medical treatment following the incident and was admitted to BJRM Hospital.

In 2023, Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was convicted in a case involving the assault of a student, who was the son of an ex-councillor and a political rival. The incident occurred in 2020, just a day before the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. The student, who belonged to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category, alleged that Tripathi not only physically assaulted him but also directed casteist slurs at him during the altercation.

Cash for ticket case In November 2022, Tripathi was implicated in a corruption case where he was accused of demanding ₹90 lakh from a woman in exchange for a party ticket for the 2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election. A complaint was lodged by a man who alleged that Tripathi and another AAP MLA, Rajesh Gupta, had demanded the bribe in exchange for fielding his wife as the AAP candidate for Kamla Nagar Ward No. 69. The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) arrested three individuals connected to the case, including Tripathi’s brother-in-law and personal assistant. The Department of Vigilance, citing strong evidence including CCTV footage, recommended prosecution against Tripathi, the Lieutenant Governor referred the matter to the Delhi Assembly Speaker for sanction.

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