Girish Soni

Girish Soni Is an Indian politician of the Aam Aadmi Party and a former cabinet minister of SC & ST, Employment, Development and Labour of Delhi (28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014) under then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. He was a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Madipur constituency of Delhi, which he represented from 2013 till 2025.

Personal life Girish Soni was born on 3 December 1963 in Delhi. His father's name is Babu Lal Soni. Soni completed his 10th standard from Govt. Boys Senior Sec. School, Madipur; under the CBSE board of Delhi. He is educated till 12th standard and could not study further due to financial problems. He did a Refrigeration and Air-conditioning diploma course with Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Pusa, New Delhi in 1982. His father is his inspiration in life. He was appointed the cabinet minister of SC & ST, Employment, Development and Labour. Along with Rakhi Birla, he was one of the two Dalit ministers in Delhi cabinet under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. At 49, he was the oldest minister in the cabinet. Soni was a minister for a short tenure of 49 days (28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014); the Kejriwal and his cabinet resigned.

The AAP renominated Soni as the Madipur candidate for the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. He secured 66,571 votes and defeated BJP's Raj Kumar by a victory margin of 29,387 votes. The AAP won 67 of the 70 seats. However, Soni was kept out of the new cabinet under Kejriwal.

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - 2025) From 2020 till 2025, he was an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly .

Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly Member (2022-2023), Public Accounts Committee

Electoral performance