Rao Inderjit Singh

Raja Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav is an Scion of erstwhile state of Rewari Indian politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Government of India. A member of the 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, he represents Gurugram in Haryana and is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2]

Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Statistics and Programme Implementation
Assumed office
30 May 2019
Preceded byD. V. Sadananda Gowda
In office
26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Preceded bySrikanth Kumar Jena
Succeeded byV K Singh
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office
3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Succeeded byMansukh L. Mandaviya
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Planning
Assumed office
26 May 2014
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
Assumed office
9 July 2021
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyGurgaon
In office
2004–2009
Preceded bySudha Yadav
Succeeded byConstituency ceased to exist
ConstituencyMahendragarh
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byCol. Rao Ram Singh
Succeeded bySudha Yadav
Personal details
Born (1951-02-11) 11 February 1951
Rewari, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (until April 2014)
SpouseManita Singh
Children2
Parent
ResidenceRewari
EducationHindu College, University of Delhi
Alma materFaculty of Law, University of Delhi
OccupationPolitical & Social Worker, Agriculturist, Lawyer
WebsiteRao Inderjit Singh
As of 28 March, 2009
Source: [Biodata]

At the national level, he has served as Cabinet Minister for the Environment, as Minister of State for External Affairs, and as Minister of State for Defence Production. Since 2009 he has chaired the Parliamentary Information technology committee. Earlier he was in Indian National Congress party. Rao Inderjit is considered one of the most powerful leaders of Ahirwal belt of Haryana. Rao Inderjit is descendant of freedom fighter and Maharaja of Kingdom of Rewari Rao Tula Ram.[3]

Early life

Rao is born in Royal family of Erstwhile State of Rewari (Ahirwal) and is the son of Raja Rao Birendra Singh, who served as a second Chief Minister of Haryana.[4] Rao studied at the Lawrence School, Sanawar[5] and the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi where he took a law degree. He is descendant of Raja Rao Tula Ram, a freedom fighter of India's first war of independence in 1857.[6]

Political career
Rao Inderjit Singh addressing at the inauguration of the National Workshop on Urban Development to discuss the major urban sector reforms and six new initiatives with States and UTs, in New Delhi.

Haryana assembly

Rao was an MLA in the Haryana assembly for four terms, beginning in 1977. From 1982 to 1987 he was a provincial Minister of State responsible for Food and civil supplies.[7] He was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament in 1998, serving in the parliaments of 1998-1999, 2004–2009. From 1991 to 1996 he served as Cabinet Minister for the Environment, Forest, Medical and Technical Education, then as Minister of State for External Affairs (2004–2006) and as Minister of State for Defense Production from 2006 to 2009. Since 2009 he has chaired the Parliamentary Information technology committee.

Elections won
  • 1998: elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Mohindergarh on the ticket of Indian National Congress
  • 2004: elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from Mohindergarh on the ticket of Indian National Congress
  • 2009: elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the new seat of Gurgaon, winning 2,78,516 votes on Congress ticket, in a contest with 23 other candidates.[8]
  • 2014: elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the ticket of Bhartiya Janta Party. He resigned from Congress party & Joined BJP[9]
  • 2019: elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from the ticket of Bhartiya Janta Party and retained his seat of Gurgaon, winning 8,81,546 votes in a contest with 23 other candidates.

Against Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Rao Inderjit Singh, who hails from South Haryana, alleged that the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was developing his own constituency Rohtak at the cost of other parts of the state. He presented the data procured through RTI to support his allegation: Out of a total of 5,135 announcements of schemes in Haryana, 2,045 were for the three districts of Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonepat that comprise areas of Hooda's own constituency and that of his son Deepender Singh Hooda. Of the 3,356 completed schemes, 1,560 were from these three districts.[10][11] On 23 September 2013, he resigned from Congress.[12]

Union minister

Singh became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation and Planning in May 2019.[13]

Shooting career

Rao Inderjit Singh was a member of the Indian shooting Team from 1990 to 2003 and won a Bronze Medal at the Commonwealth Shooting Championship. He was also a National Champion in Skeet for three consecutive years and won three gold medals in the SAF Games.[14]

See also


References
  1. "Rao Inderjit Singh hits out at detractors". indianexpress.com.
  2. HT correspondent (20 February 2014). "Yogendra Yadav to shift base from Delhi to Gurgaon". Hindustan Times. No. daily. Hindustan Times, New Delhi. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. "Former Shooter, Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh Gets Ministry of Statistics and Programmme Implementation Along with Planning". 31 May 2019.
  4. "List of Haryana Chief Ministers from November 1, 1966 till date". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. Gayatri, Geetanjali (26 June 2005). "Himachal Pradesh Residential schools: Smart learning". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 November 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. "Rao Inderjit Singh Profile" (PDF). niti.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. R.K. Jasbir Singh (2007). Indian defence year book. Natraj Publishers. p. 595. ISBN 9788186857113. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  8. Gurgaon Constituency Result 2009 at ibnlive.in.com
  9. Ashok Kumar (17 May 2014). "BJP's Rao Inderjit Singh wins Gurgaon seat". The Hindu.
  10. Chander Suta Dogra (5 March 2013). "Rao Inderjit Singh's move may give impetus to new alignments". The Hindu.
  11. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana". tribuneindia.com.
  12. "Vadra baiter Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjeet Singh quits Congress". Zee News. 23 September 2013.
  13. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
  14. Rao Inderjit Singh Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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