Gyan Singh (born Kohka in

Umaria district Umaria district is a district of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Umaria is the district headquarters. The district is part of Shahdol Division. The total geographical area of the district sums up to 4548 square kilometers and has a population of 644 ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

) is an Indian politician from the state of

. He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 General Election. He joined

Praja Socialist Party The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoo ...

in 1966. He was President of

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in 1980–81, and was elected to 7th Vidhan Sabha from

Shahdol Shahdol is a city in Shahdol district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Shahdol district, The total geographical area of the district is . Demographics India census A census is the procedure o ...

in 1980 on. He became Minister of State for Forests and later Minister of State for Jails under

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from 1990 to 1993. From 2003 to 2016 Singh was elected from

Bandhavgarh Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park of India, located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh, with an area of , was declared a national park in 1968 and then became Tiger Reserve in 1993. The current core area is spread ov ...

and was minister for Tribal Welfare in

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.Lok Sabha MP Gyan Singh resigns from Madhya Pradesh cabinet position
/ref> Later, in 2016, he was again elected to

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from Shahdol-Anuppur parliamentary constituency of Madhya Pradesh on

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ticket in a by-election when the seat fell vacant due to the death of the sitting MP

Dalpat Singh Paraste Dalpat Singh Paraste (30 May 1950 – 1 June 2016) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Shahdol constituency of Madhya Pradesh and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was four times MP from ...

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