| Birth Date: | 1988 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Delhi, India |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Constituency: | Punjab |
| Termstart: | 2 May 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Naresh Gujral |
| Constituency2: | Rajinder Nagar |
| Office2: | Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 12 February 2020 |
| Term End2: | 24 March 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Vijender Garg Vijay |
| Successor2: | Durgesh Pathak |
| Office1: | Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board |
| Term Start1: | 2 March2020[1] [2] |
| Term End1: | 22 March 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Dinesh Mohaniya |
| Successor1: | Saurabh Bharadwaj |
| Alma Mater: | University of Delhi Institute of Chartered Accountants of India London School of Economics[3] |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | [4] [5] [6] |
| Children: | 1 |
| Profession: | Chartered accountant |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party, who is serving as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament.[7] [8] He was elected to the Rajya Sabha by the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2022.[9] He served as the former vice chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Rajinder Nagar constituency from 2020 till 2022.[10] He is also a working chartered accountant.[11]
Born on 11 November 1988 in New Delhi, Chadha received his school education from Modern School (New Delhi) and graduated from University of Delhi (DU). He then pursued Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. In his early career he worked with accountancy firms including Deloitte and Grant Thornton.[11]
Chadha has been a part of the Aam Aadmi Party since its inception.[12] Arvind Kejriwal encouraged him in drafting the Delhi Lokpal Bill in 2012, which was also his first political task.[13] He established himself as the AAP's TV face and also became the youngest national spokesperson of the AAP and one of the youngest across parties.[14]
When AAP won the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election with a majority, Chadha, at the age of 26 was appointed AAP's national treasurer. In April 2018, the then Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, terminated his appointment as an advisor to Manish Sisodia along with 9 other advisors.[15]
In 2019, Chadha contested from the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He lost in the elections to the BJP candidate, Ramesh Bidhuri.[16] [17] Since the 1980s, South Delhi has been a BJP stronghold and represented by stalwarts like Madan Lal Khurana, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Sushma Swaraj and Ramesh Bidhuri as well as Balraj Madhok of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological and political predecessor of BJP.[18]
In 2020, as a leader of AAP, Chadha was appointed AAP Punjab co-in-charge for the Punjab Legislative Assembly election in 2022, playing a crucial role in the party's eventual landslide victory, where AAP won 92 out of 117 seats.[19] [20]
In February 2020, Chadha contested from Rajinder Nagar in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election and won against BJP's candidate RP Singh with a margin of 20,058 votes. He polled a massive 57.06% of the total votes.[21] Following the elections, he was appointed vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and where he focused on providing clean, 24x7 piped water supply and cleaning the Yamuna River, significantly improving Delhi's water management systems.
On 21 March 2022, it was announced that Chadha along with four others were nominated by AAP for the post of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab for a six-year term starting 2022.[22] No opposition candidate opposed their election.[23] This made him the youngest Indian Rajya Sabha MP ever at the age of 33. He was also appointed as a member of the Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance in Rajya Sabha. The committee oversees the laws and policies drafted by three union ministries and the NITI Aayog.[24]
In April 2022, Chadha said that Bharatya Janata Party (BJP) settled Bangladeshi people and Rohingyas in Delhi and uses them to cause riots.[25]
Credited with the party's success in Punjab, on 18 September 2022, Chadha was appointed co-in-charge for the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.[26] He is appointed as a leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Rajya Sabha.[27]
In the wake of Sanjay Singh, the floor leader of the AAP in the Rajya Sabha, being unable to discharge his responsibilities while in judicial custody, the party leader and Delhi CM Kejriwal, had requested the chairman of Rajya Sabha to appoint Chadha as AAP's interim leader of the House in early December 2023. However, the request was turned down, as the request reportedly was not in conformity with the applicable legal regime governed by The Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 and the Rules made thereunder.[28]
After AAP's victory in Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann appointed Chadha as the chairman of an advisory panel. A plea challenging his appointment was struck down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.[29]
| Feb. 2020 – March 2022 | Member, Delhi Legislative Assembly (Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency) | |
| Chairman, Committee on Petitions Delhi Legislative Assembly | ||
| Chairman, Committee on Peace and Harmony Delhi Legislative Assembly | ||
| Vice Chairman Delhi Jal Board | ||
| Member, Business Advisory Committee Delhi Legislative Assembly | ||
| Member, Committee on Ethics Delhi Legislative Assembly | ||
| Member, Committee on Salary and Other Allowances of Members of Delhi Legislative Assembly | ||
| April 2022 | Elected to Rajya Sabha | |
| Sept. 2022 – June 2024 | Member, Committee on Finance | |
| Nov. 2022 – Oct. 2024 | Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation | |
| Sept. 2024 – Sept. 2025 | Member, Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs | |
| Oct. 2024 onwards | Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme | |
| Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table | ||
| Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence | ||
| Sept. 2025 onwards | Member, Committee on External Affairs |
Chadha got engaged to actress Parineeti Chopra, on 13 May 2023 at Kapurthala House in New Delhi.[31] They were married on 24 September 2023 at The Leela Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony.[32] [33] The couple welcomed their first child, a boy, on 19 October 2025,[34] and named their son as 'Neer'.[35]
In 2024, Chadha went to London to undergo a vitrectomy surgery. When asked about his long absence, his party colleague Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed that he could have lost eyesight if not for timely operation.[36]
On 8 August 2023, five MPs claimed that their names were mentioned on the proposal to send the Delhi NCR Amendment Bill to the Select Committee without their consent, by a motion moved by Raghav Chadha. They accused Chadha of forgery and breach of privilege.[37] [38] On 11 August, Chadha was suspended from the Rajya Sabha, for "Gross Violation Of Rules".[39]
In April 2024, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Amritsar North and former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, made serious allegations against his party's senior leader, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha. During a rally in Amritsar, Singh accused Chadha of having close associations with at least two Punjab Police officers allegedly involved in supporting the drug trade in the city, describing them as Chadha's blue-eyed boys.[40]
These explosive claims have ignited a political firestorm in Punjab, with opposition parties demanding a thorough investigation. Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar termed the revelations as "incriminating and damning," urging the Election Commission to take cognizance and initiate a probe into Chadha's alleged role in patronizing the drug mafia.[41]
In response to the controversy, the AAP suspended Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh from the party for five years, citing anti-party activities.[42]
