Kirti Vardhan Singh

Kirti Vardhan Singh (born 1 March 1966) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for the Gonda constituency. He is locally known by the alias Raja Bhaiya, being connected with erstwhile Taluqdari of Mankapur.[1]

This article is about a politician in India. For the 2003 Hindi film Raja Bhaiya, see Raja Bhaiya (film).

Kunwar Kirti Vardhan Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byBeni Prasad Verma
ConstituencyGonda
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byKetki Devi Singh
Succeeded byBrij Bhushan Sharan Singh
ConstituencyGonda
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byBrij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Succeeded byBeni Prasad Verma
ConstituencyGonda
Personal details
Born (1966-03-01) 1 March 1966
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party (2014–present)
Samajwadi Party (1998–2014)
Spouse
Kunwarani Madhushree Singh
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(m. 2002)​
Children1
ParentRaja Anand Singh (father)
Residence(s)Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow
Occupation
As of 17 September, 2006
Source:

He was member of 12th and 14th Lok Sabha from Gonda, Uttar Pradesh as a Samajwadi Party candidate. In March 2014, he resigned from the SP and joined Bharatiya Janata Party and contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, again from Gonda.[2] Singh is known to be an environmental activist. In July 2018, he won a case against State Government of Uttar Pradesh in Green Tribunal, a case pertaining to illegal sand mining by gangs in his constituency.[3][4]

Early life and education

Kirti Vardhan Singh was born in Lucknow on 1 March 1966 to Raja Anand Singh and Rani Veena Singh of Mankapur. His educational qualifications include M.Sc. (Geology) and he received his education from Lucknow University. He is married to Kunwarani Madhushree Singh since 16 November 2002. He has a son, Bhanwar Jai Vardhan Singh, born in November 2006.

References
  1. Mankapur - History and Genealogy Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Queensland University
  2. Khan, Atiq (March 2014). "Resentment in SP over ticket distribution". The Hindu.
  3. He has also represented India in 39th ASEAN inter parliamentary assembly.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.aipasecretariat.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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