Dinesh Mohaniya

Dinesh Mohaniya is an Indian politician affiliated with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He was an MLA from Sangam Vihar constituency. He was defeated by BJP candidate Chandan Kumar Chaudhary in the 2025 elections. He was elected to the Delhi Assembly in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, after defeating the BJP candidate Shiv Charan Lal Gupta and Congress candidate Jag Parvesh (Sajjan Kumar's son).

In 2014, Mohaniya alleged that the BJP leader Sher Singh Dagar offered him 40,000,000 to help BJP form the state government in Delhi. AAP released sting footage of the conversation between the two.

He again won Delhi Assembly Election 2020 from Sangam Vihar, with a margin of 42522 votes by defeating Shiv Charan Lal Gupta (Janata Dal (United)).

Political career Between February 2015 and August 2015 he was the Chairman, DDC South. Between 2015 and 2020 he was the Vice Chairman, Delhi Jal Board (DJB). From November 2020 till present he served as the Chairperson, Delhi Development Committee, South East District.

Since 2020 he was the Aam Aadmi Party Incharge, Uttarakhand. Since 2020 he was the co-Incharge MCD.

He was arrested in 2016 for molestation and sexual harassment and sent to Tihar Jail in Delhi. He was later acquitted by the Delhi High Court.

Member of Legislative Assembly Second term (2015-2020) In 2015 he was elected as the MLA representing Sangam Vihar in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He was made the Chairman of the Estimates Committee.

Third term (2020-2025) He was re-elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 2020 and made the Chairman on the committee on Government Undertakings.

Electoral performance