Pankaj Singh (born 12 December 1978) is an Indian politician who is

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)'s General Secretary for

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 ...

. Pankaj has been active in politics since 2002 and is the present MLA of

Noida Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) o ...

. On 11 March 2017, he won the Noida Vidhan Sabha seat in the UP Legislative Assembly election. He is the Vice-President of BJP in Uttar Pradesh state. He is the elder son of

Rajnath Singh Rajnath Singh (; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician serving as the Defence Minister of India. He is currently the Deputy Leader of the House Lok Sabha. He is the former President of Bharatiya Janata Party. He has previously served as t ...

, the present Defence Minister of India.

Early life and education

Thakur Pankaj Singh did MBA (PGDM) in 2001 from Amity Noida, B.Com from Dyal Singh College in 1999 after completing his senior secondary from

Mahanagar Boys' Inter College Lucknow MontFort Inter College formerly called the Mahanagar Boys' Inter College is an educational institution established in July 1959 by the Society of St.Grabiel in Lucknow, India affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. In 2008 the ...

in 1996.

Personal life

Pankaj Singh married Indian shooter,

Sushma Singh Sushma Singh is an Indian Administrative Service officer and the fifth Chief Information Commissioner of India. She succeeded Deepak Sandhu and became the second woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner. Professional caree ...

, in November, 2004. Sushma is daughter of

Narayan Singh Rana Narayan Singh Rana is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rana was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from the Garhwal Division in Uttarakhand. He is father and first coach of an Indian shooter Jaspal Ra ...

, and sister of

Jaspal Rana Jaspal Rana (born 28 June 1976) is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category. He was a gold medallist at the 1994 Asian Games, 1998 Commonwealth Games - Men's Center Fire Pistol, Men's Center Fire Pistol Pa ...

. Pankaj and Sushma have 2 children, daughter Diya and son Arya Veer.

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