Ashok Kumar Mittal

Ashok Kumar Mittal (born 10 September 1964) is an Indian businessman turned politician. He is a member of parliament in India's upper house, Rajya Sabha. Mittal is also the founder and chancellor of Lovely Professional University.

Early life and education Mittal is a law graduate from Guru Nanak Dev University, and received a honoris causa doctorate in 2022 at the 3rd convocation of Atal Bihari Vajpayee University. Mittal uses this honorary doctorate as a title publicly against the global consensus to not do so.

Political career Mittal joined active politics after the 2022 Punjab election, when he was nominated by Aam Aadmi Party for the Rajya Sabha. No candidate opposed his election.

In September 2024, Mittal was chosen as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.

On 2 April 2026, Mittal was formally appointed as Deputy Leader of Aam Aadmi Party, replacing Raghav Chadha.

Immediately thereafter, Enforcement Directorate raided Mittal's house on 15 April 2026 and on 24 April 2026, Mittal along with Raghav Chadha and some other Rajya Sabha MPs of his party AAP, merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party.