Ravinder Singh Negi, popularly known as Ravi Negi, began his political journey in 2017 when he contested the MCD elections. He was nominated by the BJP from West Vinod Nagar (Ward 10E); however, his nomination was rejected by the SDM due to inaccuracies in the nomination form. Later in 2020 he served as Mandal Adhyaksh Vinod Nagar Mandal of the BJP Delhi unit and contested 2020 Delhi Assembly election on BJP ticket and narrowly lost to AAP's Manish Sisodia by just 1.75 percent votes. He later contested 2022 Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections and contested and defeated the AAP candidate by a margin of 2,311 votes.[2]
Negi was at the centre of controversy when he appeared in videos on social media in which he asked a shopowner to change the name of his dairy to indicate that it is run by a Muslim. In many other videos that Negi shared on his social media handles, the BJP leader is seen telling Hindu street vendors to put up saffron flags on vending carts. Negi also visited butcher shops before festivals asking them to keep the shops closed to respect the religious sentiments of Hindus.[3]
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