Dr. Munish Kumar Raizada

Munish Kumar Raizada is an Indian Immigrant belonging to a Punjabi family who left India in 2002 for USA and has been practicing as a Neonatologist in the US for several years.  Munish Raizada did his graduation in Medicine (MBBS) from the Indian state of Maharashtra at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) located in Sevagram, Wardha. In 2002, He moved to the USA for his pediatrics residency at Long Jewish Hospital in Long Island, New York and afterwards, completed his fellowship in Neonatal Perinatal Medicine from Chicago. After completing his fellowship, he started practicing as a Neonatologist in Chicago and settled down there.  Raizada has been keenly interested in policy affairs of India since his initial days as a young doctor. He supported the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement or Anna Andolan in 2011 and worked as a volunteer. He supported the movement from both India and overseas.  Munish Raizada became one of the founding members of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) - a political party emerged out of Anna Andolan - and worked closely with Arvind Kejriwal who led the party since its initial days.  Raizada worked in the AAP in various capacities. In the beginning, he was a ground worker and handled volunteers engagement cell of AAP. Afterwards, he was appointed as the Campaign Manager of AAP Candidate for Gul Panag for Chandigarh parliamentary seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election. And, after the landslide victory of AAP in the 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, he was made Co Convener of AAP’s NRI cell along with Kumar Vishwas. Raizada, however, dissociated himself  from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2015 on the grounds of immorality and lack of transparency in the party’s donation list. Raizada accused Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of misusing donation money given to the party by people. He protested against the removal of the Donors list from the Party's Website. AAP suspended him from the party after he criticized Kejriwal for hugging Lalu Prasad Yadav in a Patna rally.  For the same reasons, Munish Raizada launched  “Chandaband Satyagraha” (No List No Donation Campaign), asking people to stop donating to the Aam Aadmi Party. According to him, AAP was using the money for corruption and its expansion to other states. Raizada and various IAC volunteers met Anna Hazare and sought his support for Chanda Band Satyagraha.  Then in 2020,  Raizada released a seven part web series called Transparency: Pardarshita that chronicles the untold  stories of India Against Corruption Movement (IAC) and Aam Aadmi Party.  Raizada produced and directed the web series. Transparency: Pardarshiat webseries has 2 songs sung by Bollywood singers: Kitna Chanda Jeb Mein Aaya was sung by popular playback singer Udit Narayan and Bol Re Dilli Bol was sung by Bollywood singer Kailash Kher.  Dr. Raizada contested from the New Delhi Assembly Constituency (AC-40) in the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections against Kejriwal.