Rajendra Pratap Singh | |
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| Minister of Rural Development Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Mahendra Kumar Singh |
| Succeeded by | Keshav Prasad Maurya |
| Minister of Rural Engineering Department Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Succeeded by | Brajesh Pathak |
| Member ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2017–2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Ram Singh Patel |
| Constituency | Patti |
| In office 1996–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Lakhan |
| Succeeded by | Ram Singh Patel |
| Constituency | Patti |
| Member ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 1990–1996 | |
| Constituency | Pratapgarh Local Authorities |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1954-10-20)20 October 1954 (age 71) |
| Party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Nickname | Moti Singh |
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Rajendra Pratap Singh (born 20 October 1954), popularly known asMoti Singh, is an Indian politician affiliated with theBhartiya Janata Party. He representsPattiassembly constituency ofPratapgarh district. He has been elected as themember of legislative assembly from the same constituency for four times in a row. In his fourth attempt for re-election there were errors in counting, which was later cleared by thehigh court (Rajendra Pratap Singh aka Moti Singh vs Ram Singh and others, 9 August 2016). The thenMLA was removed and the seat was left vacant after the decision of High Court (Lucknow Bench). He won the 2017 elections from the same seat and became aCabinet Minister in the 2017Uttar Pradesh Cabinet. Previously, Shri. Singh served asUttar Pradesh stateMinister of Agriculture in 2003. He was cabinet minister inFirst Yogi Adityanath ministry.[1]
Singh was born to Bharat Singh on 20 October 1954 inPratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He holdsBachelor of Science degree and studied law fromAllahabad University. He is an agriculturalist, industrialist and businessman. He married Urmila Singh on 28 May 1973. They have three daughters and a son.[2]
Singh's political career was started in 1983 when he was elected as Block Pramukh (Block chief) fromMangraura for the first time, which created record of securing maximum votes in districtPratapgarh. In 1988, he re-elected in block Pramukh election. He became a member ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Council fromPratapgarh district in 1990.Moti Singh is member ofUttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from 1996 to 2007, winning 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2017 elections. He has been appointed a cabinet minister on 19 March 2017.
Rajendra alias Moti Singh contestedUttar Pradesh assembly election 1989 fromIndian National Congress Party and unsuccessfully he lost andJanata Dal's candidate Ram Lakhan won by margin 35.44% votes. Moti claimed that he had not lost election 1989, due to some technical problem his votes were not counted properly, still case is pending in a court on the issue of assembly election 1989.[3]
Moti Singh won a seat from aBhartiya Janata Party ticket and elected asMember of Legislative assembly in 1996 fromPatti, Uttar Pradesh. he re-elected aslegislator from the same constituency in 2002. He was stateminister of agriculture in 2003. Moti Singh won again in2007 Assembly Election with 29.74% of votes gain forBhartiya Janata Party inPatti, Uttar Pradesh constituency. He lost toSamajwadi Party candidateRam Singh Patel in 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, in 2017 election he again won against Samajwadi Party's Ram Singh Patel by 14,76 votes. In the 2022,[4] he again lost to Samajwadi Party candidateRam Singh Patel by a margin of 22,051 votes.[5]
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