Rajeshwar Singh | |
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Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Swati Singh |
Constituency | Sarojini Nagar |
Personal details | |
Born | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | 11 March 1973
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Laxmi Singh |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India [1] |
Alma mater |
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, (
PhD, 2011) Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad ( B. Tech) |
Rajeshwar Singh (born 11 March 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Sarojini Nagar constituency of Lucknow district. [1] [2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] [3] Singh is a former joint director of the Enforcement Directorate. [1] [4]
Singh was born on 11 March 1973 in Lucknow in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG). [1] [5] [6] A graduate from the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow, he completed his B. Tech from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and a PhD from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in 2011. [1] [5] [7] Singh is married to Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter. [5] [8]
An officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police (Provincial Police Service) since the last 14 years, Singh took a voluntary retirement from the post of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate on 31 January 2022 to join politics. [4] [9]
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Singh represented Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate from Sarojini Nagar and went on to defeat Samajwadi Party's Abhishek Mishra by a margin of 56,186 votes, succeeding own party member and incumbent Swati Singh in the process. [2] [3] [10]
Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011 Hindi film Kya Yahi Sach Hai, which talked about corruption within the police force and the politician-police nexus. [5] [9]
Rajeshwar Singh | |
---|---|
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Swati Singh |
Constituency | Sarojini Nagar |
Personal details | |
Born | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | 11 March 1973
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Laxmi Singh |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India [1] |
Alma mater |
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, (
PhD, 2011) Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad ( B. Tech) |
Rajeshwar Singh (born 11 March 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Sarojini Nagar constituency of Lucknow district. [1] [2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] [3] Singh is a former joint director of the Enforcement Directorate. [1] [4]
Singh was born on 11 March 1973 in Lucknow in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG). [1] [5] [6] A graduate from the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow, he completed his B. Tech from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and a PhD from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in 2011. [1] [5] [7] Singh is married to Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter. [5] [8]
An officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police (Provincial Police Service) since the last 14 years, Singh took a voluntary retirement from the post of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate on 31 January 2022 to join politics. [4] [9]
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Singh represented Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate from Sarojini Nagar and went on to defeat Samajwadi Party's Abhishek Mishra by a margin of 56,186 votes, succeeding own party member and incumbent Swati Singh in the process. [2] [3] [10]
Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011 Hindi film Kya Yahi Sach Hai, which talked about corruption within the police force and the politician-police nexus. [5] [9]