Dharmpal Singh

Dharmpal Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India.[1][2] He is currently the cabinet minister of irrigation and represents the Aonla constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.[3][4][5][6]

For the Uttar Pradesh politician from Etmadpur, see Dharampal Singh. For the Indian murderer, see Dharampal Singh (murderer). For the Indian runner, see Dharampal Singh Gudha.

Dharmpal Singh
Minister of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byChaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh
Minister of Irrigation
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byMahendra Kumar Singh
Minister of Labour
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
11 October 2002 – 29 August 2003
Chief MinisterMayawati
Minister of Panchayat Raj
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 September 1997 – 8 March 2002
Chief MinisterKalyan Singh
Ram Prakash Gupta
Rajnath Singh
Minister of state for Public Works & Tourism
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
27 March 1997 – 20 September 1997
Chief MinisterMayawati
MinisterKalraj Mishra
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byRadha Krishna
ConstituencyAonla
In office
1996–2007
Preceded byMahipal Yadav
Succeeded byRadha Krishna
ConstituencyAonla
Personal details
Born (1953-01-15) 15 January 1953
Bareilly district
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Vandana Singh
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(m. 1970)​
Children3 sons
ResidenceBareilly district
EducationLLB, B.Ed
Alma materM. J. P. Rohilkhand University
Profession
  • Politician
  • teacher
  • farmer
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Early life and education

Dharmpal Singh was born in Bareilly district in a Lodhi family.[7] He attended the M. J. P. Rohilkhand University and attained LL.B., BEd and MA degrees.[1][2]

Political career

Dharmpal Singh has been a MLA for four terms. He represented the Aonla constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.[1][2]

He won his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Sidh raj Singh of the Samajwadi Party.[8]

Member of the Legislative Assembly
#FromToMLA in Assembly
0120172022Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
0220122017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
0320022007Member, 14th Legislative Assembly
0419962002Member, 13th Legislative Assembly

Political position

Cow

In May 2022, he said, "sprinkling cow urine will remove obstacles in the house", the Goddess Ganga "resides in the urine of the cow" and "Sprinkling it in the house removes vastu defects or any other obstacles". He added that Goddess Lakshmi resides in cow dung.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Member Profile" (PDF). Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. "All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. "Yogi Aditynath oath ceremony".
  8. "ETMADPUR Election Result 2017, Winner, ETMADPUR MLA, Uttar Pradesh".
  9. "'Sprinkle cow urine in house to remove obstacles': UP minister's bizarre advice". The New Indian Express. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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