Raj Kishor Singh is an Indian politician who served as a member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

for the state

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 ...

from 2002 to 2017. He was a minister for

Panchayati raj The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical menti ...

. Before the government of Mulayam Singh, Mr Singh was also a cabinet minister.

Early life and education

Singh was born 1 February 1969 in Changerwa, Basti,

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 his father Anant Singh. He married Suman Singh. They have two sons. He belongs to

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

community. He had

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. degree from APN Degree College, Basti. His son Devendra Pratap Singh "Sanu" is also President of District council of Basti, and his younger brother Brijkishor Singh "Dimple" is a former Loksabha candidate of Basti Loksabha Constituency from

Political career

Singh was MLA three straight times. He started his political career as a Member of District council in 2000. In 2002 he was also elected

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from

Harraiya Harraiya is a town and tehsil in Basti district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History In the Indian Rebellion of 1857, about 250 martyrs of Amorha State of Harraiya Tehsil were hanged by the British Government from peepal trees located a ...

as a member of

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

but in 2003 he resigned from

and joined the

. In Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinet he became a cabinet minister. In the 2007 election he again represented the

from

and he defeated his nearest rival, the

candidate Anil Singh, by a margin of 5,145 votes. For third time in 2012, he was again elected three times continuously from

, he defeated his nearest rival

candidate Mamata Pandey by a margin of 20,286 votes. He is also cabinet minister of Animal husbandry and Panchayati Raj in Akhilesh Yadav cabinet. In

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 ...

(2017), he lost to

Bhartiya 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 ...

candidate Ajay Kumar Singh by a margin of 30,106 votes. On 9 April 2019 in

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he joined

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

in presence of General secretary

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. On 3 May 2024 in

he joined

in presence of

Amit Shah Amit Anil Chandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs since 2019 and the first Minister of Co-operation of India since 2021. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata P ...

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Posts held

* 2000–2002, Member, District Council * 2002–2007, Member,

14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member fi ...

(first term) ** Forest Minister (Mayawati cabinet) and (Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinet) * 2007–2012, Member,

15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the ...

(second term) * 2012–2017, Member,

16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (a.k.a. Sixteenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 15 March 2012 as a result of 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held between 8 Feb to 3 March 2012. The Sixtee ...

(third term) ** Minister, Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Forest Minister (

Akhilesh Yadav ministry The Akhilesh Yadav ministry was the Council of Ministers in the 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The ministry was formed after the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, in which the Sa ...

) ** Minister for Horticulture and Panchayati Raj (

)

References

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