Bipin Singh (also rendered as Vipin Singh) is an Indian politician and a member of

17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 19 March 2017 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The L ...

of India. He represents the

Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency) Gorakhpur Rural is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gorakhpur Rural in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituen ...

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

Personal life

Singh was born 10 March 1968 in Gorakhpur of Uttar Pradesh to father Ambika Singh. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gorakhpur University in 1988. Singh married Kusum Devi on 12 July 1992, with whom he has a son and a daughter.

Political career

Singh started his political journey as '' block pramukh'', a post which he held in Kaudiram for 10 consecutive years. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he got ticket by Bharatiya Janata Party from

. He was elected MLA by defeating

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

candidate

Vijay Bahadur Yadav Vijay Bahadur Yadav (born 14 September 1969) is an Indian politician and a member in 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Since 2012, he represents Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency) as a member of Samajwadi Party. ...

by a margin of 4,410 votes. In March 2017, Singh offered his seat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, as he had to become a member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council within six months to stay as the Chief Minister of the state.

Posts held

References

Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Gorakhpur district 1968 births Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub