Rajeshwar Singh

Rajeshwar Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Sarojini Nagar constituency of Lucknow district.[1][2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][3] Singh is a former joint director of the Enforcement Directorate.[1][4]

Rajeshwar Singh
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded bySwati SIngh
ConstituencySarojini Nagar
Personal details
Born1973 or 1974 (age 49–50)[1]
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseLaxmi Singh
Children1
Residence(s)Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Alma materUttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, (PhD, 2011)

Personal life

Singh was born in Lucknow in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG).[1][5] A graduate from the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow, he completed his PhD from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in 2011.[1][5] SIngh is married to Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter.[5][6]

Career

An officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police (Provincial Police Service) since the last 14 years, Singh took a voluntary retirement from the post of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate on 31 January 2022 to join politics.[4][7]

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Singh represented Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate from Sarojini Nagar and went on to defeat Samajwadi Party's Abhishek Mishra by a margin of 56,186 votes, succeeding own party member and incumbent Swati Singh in the process.[2][3][8]

Other ventures

Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011 Hindi film Kya Yahi Sach Hai, which talked about corruption within the police force and the politician-police nexus.[5][7]

References
  1. "Rajeshwar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Sarojini Nagar (Lucknow) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. "Rajeshwar Singh, Sarojini Nagar Constituency : Rajeshwar Singh Profile, Win or loss Result in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh-Sarojini Nagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. "ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh quits, set to join BJP, contest polls". The Times of India. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. "Enforcement Directorate officer Rajeshwar Singh goes on leave: How joint director became the god of Lutyens Delhi". Firstpost. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. Kumar, Santosh (13 February 2022). "UP polls: Ex-ED Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh's 12-year-old daughter campaigns for her father". India Today. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. Bhardwaj, Ananya (11 February 2022). "Ex-ED officer Rajeshwar Singh: How 'master networker, sleuth', once a suspect, got BJP ticket". ThePrint. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. मिश्रा, हिमांशु (2 February 2022). "UP Election 2022: योगी के मंत्री की जगह भाजपा से टिकट पाने वाले राजेश्वर सिंह कौन हैं, अखिलेश यादव से इनके कैसे रिश्ते हैं?". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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