Sanjay Chauhan is a communist politician who remained the Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation from May 2012 to June 2017.
He is currently the secretary of Himachal Pradesh state unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
He joined SFI (Student Federation of India) in college and later became a member of CPI(M).
As district secretary of CPI(M) Chauhan defended the rights of street vendors and opposed the move of Congress government to evict them.
[1] Sanjay Chauhan became the mayor, beating BJP's SS Minhas by 7,868 votes in 2012 elections.