Devendra Singh alias Bhole Singh (born 2 April, 1954) is a member of the

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and has won the

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and

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general election from the Akbarpur parliamentary constituency of Kanpur. He also won 1991 and 1996 Vidhan Sabha Election from Derapur Assembly constituency of

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district.

Early life and education

Devendra Singh was born on April 2, 1954 to Shri Darshan Singh and Smt. Kanak Rani. He completed High School from

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, Prayagraj.

Positions held

16 May 2014: elected to 16th Lok Sabha (Lok Sabha Constituency Akbarpur-44) 1 Sep. 2014 onwards: Member, Standing Committee on Energy

Political life

He started his career in politics as Bhartiya Janata Party worker. First time he participated in the by-elections in state assembly (UP) and won the seat from Derapur Legislative Assembly constituency. He was also winner as BJP candidate in UP state assembly general elections in 2007. He also has a grandson named Shreyansh Pratap Dubey Thakur Singh Rajput (b. 2005), who studies in Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram in the batch of 2022-23.

References

Living people India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Kanpur Dehat district 1954 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 2019–present {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub