Dinesh Singh (nickname Babu) is an Indian politician from Punjab and a member of

Bharatiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

(BJP). He is a former MLA from Sujanpur & Ex Deputy Speaker of

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Early life

Singh was born on 17 June 1962. His father's name is Bhim Singh.

Political career

Singh was General Secretary of

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) () is a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). History The ABVP, founded in 1948 with the initiative of the RSS ...

(Pathankot). He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2007 from

Sujanpur Sujanpur is a city and municipal council in the Pathankot district of the India, Indian state of Punjab. It is 06 km from Pathankot towards Jammu on Jalandhar-Jammu-Amritsar National Highway (NH-1A). It is situated near the banks of Ravi ...

. He was re-elected in 2012. Since 20 March 2012, he has been Deputy Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly.

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1962 births Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012 Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 People from Pathankot district Living people Deputy Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 {{PunjabIN-BJP-politician-stub