Ajay Kumar Singh (born 2 March 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the

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. 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 Basti district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India, and a part of Basti Division. Basti city is the district headquarters. Origin of name and history Basti was originally known as Vaishishthi. The origin of the name Vaishi ...

of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

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Early life and education

Singh was born 2 March 1970 in

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

to father Narendra Bahadur Singh. He received

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and

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degrees from

University of Lucknow The University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1920, the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher edu ...

. 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

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. 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