UPSC coaching teacher Avadh Ojha joins AAP ahead of Delhi Assembly elections

Avadh Ojha, a civil services coaching teacher and motivational speaker, joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday, months ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections.

Ojha has taught Union Public Service Commission aspirants for nearly a decade in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar, a hub of coaching institutes.

He joined the party in the presence of its national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

“Avadh Ojha ji will make an invaluable contribution to taking forward Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘politics of work’ and ‘education revolution’,” the Aam Aadmi Party said in a social media post.

मशहूर शिक्षक अवध ओझा जी का AAP में स्वागत है????

आज देश के मशहूर शिक्षक अवध ओझा जी ने राष्ट्रीय संयोजक @ArvindKejriwal जी और पूर्व उपमुख्यमंत्री @msisodia जी की मौजूदगी में आम आदमी पार्टी की सदस्यता ग्रहण की।

अवध ओझा जी अरविंद केजरीवाल जी की 'काम की राजनीति' और 'शिक्षा क्रांति'… pic.twitter.com/PhGdq4U3sG— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) December 2, 2024

Ojha, who has over nine lakh followers on YouTube, had sought tickets from both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, reported The Print.

While he was willing to contest from any region in Uttar Pradesh’s Awadh region, he had sought a ticket from Allahabad, Kaiserganj or Rae Bareli from the BJP, the website quoted an unidentified party functionary as saying.

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