Rajendra Pratap Singh

Rajendra Pratap Singh (born 20 October 1954), popularly known as Moti Singh, is an Indian politician affiliated to the Bhartiya Janata Party.He represents Patti assembly constituency of Pratapgarh district. He has been elected as the member of legislative assembly from the same constituency for four times in a row. In his fourth attempt for re-election there were errors in counting, which was later cleared by the high court (Rajendra Pratap Singh aka Moti Singh vs Ram Singh and others, 9 August 2016) . The then MLA was removed and the seat was left vacant after the decision of High Court (Lucknow Bench). He won the 2017 elections from the same seat and became a Cabinet Minister in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Cabinet. Previously, Shri. Singh served as Uttar Pradesh state Minister of Agriculture in 2003. He has been popularly known for his strong and clean image. He has been appointed as a cabinet minister on 19 March 2017. Currently holding rural development department.

Rajendra Pratap Singh
Minister of Rural Development
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded byMahendra Kumar Singh
Succeeded byKeshav Prasad Maurya
Minister of Rural Engineering Department
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byBrajesh Pathak
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2017–2022
Succeeded byRam Singh Patel
ConstituencyPatti
In office
1996–2022
Preceded byRam Lakhan
Succeeded byRam Singh Patel
ConstituencyPatti
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
1990–1996
ConstituencyPratapgarh Local Authorities
Minister of Agriculture
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
2002–2003
Personal details
Born (1954-10-20) 20 October 1954
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Spouse
Urmila Singh
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(m. 1973)​
Children4
NicknameMoti Singh
Source

Personal life

Singh born to father Bharat Singh on 20 October 1954 in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He holds Bachelor of Science degree and studied law from Allahabad University. He is an agriculturalist, industrialist and businessman. He married Urmila Singh on 28 May 1973. They have three daughters and a son.[1]

Political career

Singh's political career was started in 1983 when he was elected as Block Pramukh (Block chief) from Mangraura for the first time, which created record of securing maximum votes in district Pratapgarh. In 1988, he re-elected in block Pramukh election. He became a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from Pratapgarh district in 1990. Moti Singh is member of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from 1996 to 2007, winning 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2017 elections. He has been appointed as a cabinet minister on 19 March 2017.

Rajendra alias Moti Singh contested Uttar Pradesh assembly election 1989 from Indian National Congress Party and unsuccessfully he lost and Janata Dal's candidate Ram Lakhan won by margin 35.44% votes. Moti claimed that he had not lost election 1989, due to some technical problem his votes were not counted properly, still case is pending in a court on the issue of assembly election 1989.[2]

Moti Singh won a seat from a Bhartiya Janata Party ticket and elected as Member of Legislative assembly in 1996 from Patti, Uttar Pradesh. he re-elected as legislator from the same constituency in 2002. He was state minister of agriculture in 2003. Moti Singh won again in 2007 Assembly Election with 29.74% of votes gain for Bhartiya Janata Party in Patti, Uttar Pradesh constituency. He lost the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and got 61,278 Votes which was later on, cleared up and he won the case from High Court Allahabad (Lucknow Bench). The then current MLA was removed and the seat was held empty. He won again in 2017 elections against Ram Singh of Samajvadi Party.

See also

References
  1. "Shri Rajendra Pratap Singh Urf Moti Singh". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. "Patti Election Results since 1977". travelindia-guide.com. 9 April 2013.
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