Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh

Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh is an Indian Politician who is the current and 14th state president of Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh and cabinet minister for Panchayati Raj in Uttar Pradesh Government .[1] He hails from Moradabad in Western UP.[2][3]

Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh
Bhupendra Singh at BJP Office, Lucknow
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 August 2022
Preceded bySwatantra Dev Singh
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 30 August 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
7 July 2016
Preceded byHriday Narayan Dikshit
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born (1968-06-30) 30 June 1968
Mahendari Sikandarpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ProfessionPolitician

On 10 June 2016, he was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.[4]

Early life

Bhupendra Singh was born in Mahendra Sikanderpur village in the Thana Chajalat area of Moradabad district in 1966 to a Jat farmer family.[5] He passed the 12th examination from RN Inter College, Moradabad.

Early political career

Bhupendra Singh joined the Vishwa Hindu Parishad as a student leader and went on to join the BJP in 1991. Two years later, in 1993, he became a member of the BJP's district executive. In 2006, he was made the regional minister of Moradabad by the BJP and was made the regional chief of the party in 2012.[6]

References
  1. Anshuman, Kumar. "MLC from Western UP, Bhupendra Chaudhary appointed new UP BJP Chief". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. "Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary: 5 Points On New UP BJP Chief". NDTV.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. "UP News: भूपेंद्र चौधरी ने योगी कैबिनेट से दिया इस्तीफा, यूपी बीजेपी के अध्यक्ष का संभाला है कार्यभार". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. "UP MLC poll witnesses heavy cross voting, Samajwadi Party emerges victorious". The Times of India. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. "Jat leader Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary made UP BJP chief with eye on LS polls". 26 August 2022.
  6. Mishra, Abhishek (25 August 2022). "Bhupendra Singh is new UP BJP chief". India Today. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

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