Arjun Singh (born 2 April 1962) is an Indian politician and a

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in the

17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started off ...

from

Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpore in West Bengal. All of the seven assembly segments of No. 15 Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 ...

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. He contested the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

as a

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candidate and won against TMC candidate

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. Previously, Singh had also won Bhatpara assembly seat consecutive four times since 2001 as a

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candidate. He has also been appointed one of the twelve Vice-Presidents of the West Bengal Unit of BJP on 1 June 2020. On 22 May 2022, he rejoined

Personal life

Singh was born on 2 April 1962 in North 24 Parganas,

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. His father, Satyanarayan Singh, was an active politician from INC and three term MLA from Bhatpara. Arjun completed his schooling from Chashma-I-Rahamat High School. He joined Rishi Bankim Chandra Colleges at Naihati for graduation. He stopped his studies due to active involvement in politics. He also worked as Mazdoor Worker for a year in Jute Mills during his early days.

Political career

Arjun Singh started his political journey by winning Bhatpara Municipality Election as councillor from

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in 1995. He later joined Trinamool Congress and contested state assembly election in 2001 as a Trinamool Congress candidate. He defeated his nearest candidate Ramprasad Kundu of CPI(M) and moved for the first time to state assembly. He has served Bhatpara Assembly since 2001. Arjun Singh was also a candidate of All India Trinamool Congress from

Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpore in West Bengal. All of the seven assembly segments of No. 15 Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 ...

in the 2004 General Elections. but he lost to

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of the

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. He won his Bhatpara assembly seat consecutive four times since 2001 as

candidate. Singh was the president of "Hindi wing" of Trinamool Congress. He was also the "State Incharge" of

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of Trinamool Congress, and is also the Chairman of Bhatpara municipality. In March 2019, Singh joined

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(BJP) and contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Barrackpore Parliamentary seat as a BJP candidate and won. In May 2022, he raised the issue of closure of jute-mills in Barrackpore and after it he met

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, Textile Minister of India to solve the issue. According to him, the outcome of the meeting was not satisfiable as he expected. Following this he rejoined

on 22 May.

Challenges

Singh won his Lok Sabha seat despite significant challenges. He claimed that many cases were made on him by ruling party TMC within the two months after joining

to allegedly harass him. Barrackpore Police tried to arrest him before Counting Day of the

. Singh appealed to the Supreme Court of India for relief and the court agreed. His house was also attacked with bombs and his car was also damaged by a TMC worker who threw stones, bombs and bricks. His son also had to face attacks in his car. Even after the elections, the violence against Singh continued, his residence was attacked with seven rounds of fire and two bombs were hurled near his office and residence. On 1 September 2019, Singh sustained a head injury during a clash between BJP and TMC supporters over control of party-office at Shyamnagar, which is under Jagatdal assembly constituency. He said that his car was vandalised by TMC cadres. On 5 July 2020 once again he claimed that his car was vandalised By TMC Cadres at Halisahar, he was present in house of a BJP worker for virtual meeting preparation for

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. However, local TMC leader Subodh Adhikari denied the claim and said it was the BJP MP who instigated the attack. The Supreme Court on Friday protected BJP leaders Arjun Singh,

Kailash Vijayvargiya Kailash Vijayvargiya (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian politician serving as National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party . He started his political career in the Indore Bharatiya Janata Party, and was the mayor of Indore, a six-time legi ...

, Pawan Singh, Mukul Roy and Saurav Singh from any coercive steps to be taken by the West Bengal Police in FIRs registered against them which are pending investigation.

References

External links

Arjun Singh – Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Arjun Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal 1962 births Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly India MPs 2019–present