Kailash Gahlot Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Politician, Lawyer
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 5" (165 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Grey
Politics
Political Party	• Aam Aadmi Party (Left in November 2024) • Bharatiya Janata Party (18 November 2024 - present)
Political Journey	• Contested and won the Delhi Legislative Assembly election from the Najafgarh constituency on AAP ticket (2015) • Appointed as Delhi Cabinet Minister- Revenue, Administrative Reforms, Information & Technology, Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs and Transport (2017) • Contested and won the Delhi legislative assembly election from the Najafgarh constituency on AAP ticket (2020) • Allotted the portfolio of Finance and planning departments in the Delhi government (2023) • Left Transport Ministry and Quit AAP (17 November 2024)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	22 July 1974 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	50 Years
Birthplace	Delhi
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Delhi
School	Mount St. Mary's School, Delhi Cantt
College/University	• Faculty of Law, Delhi University, Delhi • Campus Law Center, Faculty of Law, Delhi University, Delhi • Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University, Delhi
Educational Qualification(s)	• LLM from Faculty of Law, Delhi University (2002) • LLB from Campus Law Center, Faculty of Law, Delhi University (1998) • BA from Sri Venkateshwara College, Delhi University (1995)
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Jat
Address	475/2, Near Prem Nursery, Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh New Delhi -110043.
Hobbies	Reading, Travelling
Controversies	Allegations of ill-treating a civil servant In August 2018, the transport secretary of the Delhi government Varsha Joshi accused the Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot of misbehaving with her. She claimed that the minister had humiliated her in front of 30 juniors in the meeting. Later, a statement was issued by the forum of the transport department association in which they demanded an apology from the minister for misbehaving with the bureaucrat. [1]The Hindu Summoned by ED Gahlot was involved in the framing and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy 2021-22 due to which he was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case. However, he failed to appear citing a busy Delhi assembly sessions schedule. The ED accused him of giving refuge to Vijay Nair, who was one of the arrested accused in the case, at his official residence in Civil Lines. He later dismissed ED's claims and said in an interview, “I have always said that though the official house in Civil Lines is allotted to my name, I do not stay there. We live at our private residence in Vasant Vihar because my children’s school is closer to that place." [2]The Times Of India
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Mausmi Gahlot (Lawyer)
Children	Daughter(s)- 2 • Jahnavi Gahlot • Devina Gahlot
Parents	Father- Ram Chander Gahlot (Deceased)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Mercedes, Toyota Fortuner
Money Factor
Income	Rs. 47,33,683 (for the financial year 2018-2019)
Assets/Properties (as of 2020)	Movable Assets • Cash: Rs. 3,66,034 • Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies: Rs. 32,87,387 • Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies: Rs. 4,68,44,520 • NSS, Postal Savings etc: Rs. 1,20,45,573 • LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 19,26,499 • Personal loans/advance given: Rs. 95,49,220 • Motor Vehicles: Rs. 94,01,195 • Jewellery: Rs. 4,96,849 • Other assets, such as values of claims / interests: Rs. 70,27,502 Immovable Assets • Agricultural Land: Rs. 2,87,57,000 • Non Agricultural Land: Rs. 1,45,66,000 • Commercial Buildings: Rs. 10,11,00,000 • Residential Buildings: Rs. 10,63,04,624
Net Worth	Rs. 31,62,84,459 (Rs. 31.6 crore) (as of 2020)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kailash Gahlot

• Gehlot’s family has been living in Najafgarh for the last 9 generations.

•  Gahlot served as a Member of the Executive-Bar Association of the High Court of Delhi from 2005 to 2007.

• Gahlot has worked in the Supreme Court and High Court as a lawyer for more than a decade.

• Gahlot comes from a farming background and has fought several cases for farmer’s rights during his legal career.

• In the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections, Gahlot was re-elected from the Najafgarh constituency in south-west Delhi. He got 81,507 votes and defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate Ajeet Singh Kharkhari with a margin of 6,231 votes.

• Kailash Gahlot and his wife were batchmates.

• Gahlot is the first minister to win two consecutive terms from the Najafgarh constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.

• Under the leadership of Gahlot as the transport minister, Delhi became the first state to issue e-learning licenses and become completely faceless for transport-related services. Ambitious Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2020, pink pass-based free travel for women, and the Bus Marshall scheme were also launched under his tenure.
  

  Kailash Gahlot while inspecting the Delhi government’s bus

• After the arrest of Manish Sisodia in February 2023, Gahlot was given the responsibility of the finance and planning department.
  

  Kailash Gahlot presenting Delhi’s budget for FY24

• In November 2024, Kailash resigned as Transport Minister due to dissatisfaction with the corruption allegations against senior Aam Aadmi Party members, including Manish Sisodia and Arvind Kejriwal. He also expressed his discontent regarding Arvind’s expenditure of crores on his residence, known as the Sheesh Mahal, and ultimately decided to leave the party to join the BJP.
  

  Kailash Gahlot joining the BJP