Gaurav Bhatia

Gaurav Bhatia
Personal details
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		 Samajwadi Party (till 5 February 2017)
Father Virendra Bhatia
Gaurav Bhatia (right) at the book launch of Rajdeep Sardesai's book Newsman.

Gaurav Bhatia is the National Spokesperson of BJP and also the Honorary Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association. He was earlier the National Spokesperson of the Samajwadi Party and National President of the Legal Wing of the Samajwadi Party. He is an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India. He is the son of Virendra Bhatia, a former member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India) and Advocate General of the state of Uttar Pradesh.[1] He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Bridgeport, in Connecticut, USA and graduated in law from Lucknow University.[2] He has been elected as the Honorary Secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) twice from 2015 to 2017.[3] Gaurav Bhatia was a National Spokesperson and the National President of the Legal Wing of the Samajwadi Party.[1][3] He left the party on 5 February 2017 and joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 2 April 2017.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gaurav Bhatia, SP's face on news channels, quits party", The Times of India, 6 February 2017
  2. ↑ "Government appoints Gaurav Bhatia as additional advocate general", The Times of India, 9 May 2012
  3. 1 2 "Gaurav Bhatia is honorary secretary to SC Bar again", The Times of India, 16 December 2016
  4. ↑ "Gaurav Bhatia: Samajwadi Party's face On TV, joins BJP", India Today, 2 April 2017
  5. ↑ "Gaurav Bhatia, Samajwadi Party's Firefighter On TV, Joins BJP", NDTV, 2 April 2017


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