Sidharth Nath Singh (born 1 October 1963) is an Indian politician and the Cabinet Minister in the

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. He is one of the official spokespersons of the

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. He is a grandson of former Prime Minister of India

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Re ...

. Suman Shastri (1936-2002), his mother, was the daughter of Lal Bahadur Shastri. He is BJP state in-charge of

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and co-in-charge of

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. He is also serving as a

National Secretary.

Political career

S N Singh became Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Allahabad West constituency in 2017 by defeating two-time BSP MLA

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by 45,000 votes.Who will PM Modi and Amit Shah choose as CM?
/ref> He is currently (since 2017) a cabinet minister in the UP government, with the portfolio of Health.

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