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Durgesh Pathaknis a prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader. He is currently AAP MLA from the prestigious Rajendra Nagar constituency. At a very young age, he hasnemerged as a successful organization builder for the party.
He has becomena close confidant of Supreme leader Arvind Kejriwal. For any decision regardingnPunjab, the party follows opinions of Durgesh Pathak. Such is the charisma ofnthis young leader that many senior AAP leaders are becoming increasinglynjealous to him. Ashutosh doesn’t like him being termed as ‘the Next ArvindnKejriwal’.
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nProfile ofnDurgesh Pathak
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nDurgesh Pathaknwas born on August 3rd, 1988 in Sikohara village of Gorakhpurndistrict, Uttar Pradesh. He did schooling from Government Inter College, Basti.nLater, he had shifted to Allahabad for higher education from where he completednGraduation and PG. He has done M.A. in English Literature.
During Graduation,nhe was thinking about preparing for UPSC Civil Services Examination. However,nsome incidents changed his mind and he had become a volunteer for India AgainstnCorruption – IAC. He actively participated in the Anna Movement and laternjoined AAP when it was founded. His passionate work for AAP was started to benrecognized and the party gave him lots of responsibility on the field. He maynnot be the face of the party on the news channel, but he is the leader ofnvolunteers working on the field.
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nControversies
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nUnfortunately,nthere have been lots of controversies in recent times related to DurgeshnPathak. The man who loves to work behind the lime light has suddenly become anmatter of discussion.
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nFirst, thenPunjab unit of AAP has started to disintegrate. Some popular Sikhs leaders havenleft the party and their main point of allegation is Durgesh. Some of themnalleged corruption and cash for ticket scam going on.
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nThe lifestyle ofnDurgesh has also changed. When he joined IAC, he used to earn Rs. 15 K mainlynthrough tuition classes. He had left Civil Services preparation. However, atnthis time, he is living in a posh locality of Delhi with the best in classninterior furniture enhancing the look of his dwelling. He has no source ofnincome then how come he is maintaining lavish lifestyles.
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nHe is alsoncriticized for saying that it was better he quit IAS preparation otherwise henwould have become a corrupt person. Does he mean all IAS officers are corrupt?nOr, he doesn’t have any faith on his own will power? What about his currentnlifestyle?
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nHe is alsonblamed for asking for sexual favors in Punjab. Yogendra Yadav in a discussionnon Aaj Tak tacitly said that sexual exploitation of Punjabi young girls arenbeing done by Delhi based AAP leaders. He didn’t name Durgesh Pathak. However,na Delhi AAP MLA openly accused Delhi based leaders for sexual exploitation.nPeople are also losing faith because of hot discussion going on about SandeepnKumar self made sex video.
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nGirlfriend and Wife ofnDurgesh Pathak
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Durgesh Pathak has recently got married with his long time girlfriend Aanchal.
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The marriage ceremony was attended by Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, among others.
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