Ashok Tanwar is an Indian politician, current President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, a former Member of Parliament from Sirsa and Secretary, All India Congress Committee. He is also a former president of Indian Youth Congress & NSUI. He was the youngest person to take over the prestigious position of president of Indian Youth Congress. He is valued as much for being a dalit as for his membership of the Jawaharlal Nehru University network. Tanwar is among the rising young leaders of Congress party.He is very close to Rahul Gandhi, Who is in charge of the Youth Congress. Tanwar's USP is the JNU connection at a time the Congress's student wing, the National Students Union of India, barely has a presence on the campus.Whenever he contested the president's post in JNU, he got more votes than anyone else (from the NSUI).