Ajay Kumar Singh (born 2 March 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the

Harraiya (Assembly constituency) Harraiya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Harraiya in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh India. Harraiya is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008 ...

in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Singh was born 2 March 1970 in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh to father Narendra Bahadur Singh. He received MBA and

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degrees from University of Lucknow. On 3 February 2003, he married Sunita Singh, with whom he has a son and a daughter. Singh is an

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by profession.

Political career

Singh started his career in politics in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he contested from

against Raj Kishor Singh, who is regular three time MLA from this constituency and Cabinet minister in Akhilesh Yadav ministry. However he defeated

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candidate Raj Kishor Singh by a margin of 30,106 votes.

Posts held

References

Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Basti district 1970 births {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub