'Influencer & UPSC teacher Avadh Ojha on Monday joined the Aam Aadmi Party in a major twist in Delhi's political fraternity. Avadh Ojha whose teaching clips often go viral on Instagram and other social media platforms has repeatedly expressed his wish to join politics and fight elections. During the Lallantop Adda, Avadh Ojha had revealed that he was in talks with the Congress to fight Lok Sabha Elections 2024 but things did not go as planned.
With the Delhi Elections on the cards in 2025, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party AAP roped in Avadh Ojha. Ojha reached AAP headquarters with Aam Aadmi Party convenor and former CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. After which he joined Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi on Monday. Not only this, he can contest elections from any seat in Delhi.
Why did Avadh Ojha join AAP?
Addressing his first press conference as an AAP member, Avadh Ojha said, "I thank Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia for giving me the opportunity to work for education by joining politics. Education is such a medium which is the soul of the family, society, and nation. Today, at the beginning of my political innings, I want to share this with you all if I had to choose between politics and education, I would definitely choose education. By joining politics, the development of education is my best objective."
Notably, during a show for Lallantop, Avadh Ojha had expressed his admiration for INDIA-bloc and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Interestingly, during the show, Ojha had said that he will make his own party and will not join any current political party.
Ojha had said, "I will fight Bihar Elections 2028 from Kisanganj but I will make my own party." Ojha further revealed, "During the 2024 LS Polls, he was asking for a ticket to fight the elections from the BJP from Prayagraj and a ticket for Amethi from Congress." The viral teacher had further revealed that BSP offered him a ticket to fight Lok Sabha Polls from Phoolpur.
On being asked who is a better politician between PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi, Ojha said, "The better politician was Narendra Modi but not it is Rahul Gandhi. In our UPSC whoever scores more than 95, he clears the Pre, so Rahul ji has cleared his pre, he will crack Mains in 2029, and will become PM in 2034."
(PC: Lallantop)
Who is Awadh Ojha?
Avadh Ojha is a resident of Gonda city of UP and is famous for his special way of teaching. He is also liked a lot on social media. He is known as 'Ojha Sir' on social media. Avadh Ojha can contest elections from any assembly seat in Delhi.
As per reports, his seat has also been decided. However, information about which seat it will be is not available. Earlier, in an interview with a news channel, he had also praised AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. He had described Kejriwal as a man of national politics. He said that if Kejriwal had taken care of himself as well as his colleagues, the picture would have been different today.