Industrialist-turned-lawmaker Ashok Mittal, who has replaced Raghav Chadha as AAP's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha, is an MP from Punjab. Mittal is founder and chancellor of Lovely Professional University (LPU). Mittal, native of Jalandhar, is a law graduate from Guru Nanak Dev University and also has an honorary Doctorate 'Honoris Causa' from Atal Bihari Vajpayee University (ABVU) in Chhattisgarh.