Surendra Nath Singh

Surendra Nath Singh is an Indian politician and was a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Bairia constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party but switched to Vikassheel Insaan Party to fight the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections.[2][3]

Surendra Nath Singh
MLA, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2017 – March 2022
Preceded byJai Prakash Anchal
Succeeded byJai Prakash Anchal
ConstituencyBairia, Ballia district
Personal details
Born (1962-10-01) 1 October 1962
Bairiya, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party Vikassheel Insaan Party
Spouse
Jayamala Singh
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(m. 1986)​
Children3
ParentLate. Ramnarayan Singh[2]
Residence(s)Chandpur, Bairiya, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materMaster of Education
Master of Arts
OccupationMLA
ProfessionPolitician[2]

Early life and education

Singh was born 1 October 1962 in Bairiya, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh to his father Ramnarayan Singh. In 1986, he married Jayamala Singh, they have one son and two daughters. He belongs to Kshatriya community. In 1992, he got degree of Master of Education from Himachal Pradesh University, Himachal Pradesh and in 1994, he received a degree in Master of Arts in Sociology from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur.[1][2]

Political career

Since 2017, he represents Bairiya constituency as an MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party. He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Jai Prakash Anchal by a margin of 17,077 votes.[4]

Controversy

In April 2018, Surendra Nath Singh defended rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar by saying that a mother of three children cannot get raped.[5] In May 2021, he claimed that cow urine will guarantee protection from the novel coronavirus.[6] On 16 October 2019, BJP leader's daughter accused him of harassment for marrying the son of another politician.[7]

Crime

He has 8 criminal cases registered against Surendra Nath Singh as of 2019 and all these cases are under trial.

Posts held
#FromToPositionComments
01March 2017March 2022Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[8]

References
  1. "Member Profile". official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. "Bairia (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017". www.elections.in. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. "Unnao case: Can anyone rape a mother of 3 kids — BJP leader's bid to defend MLA Sengar".
  6. "BJP lawmaker's Covid prescription: Drink cow urine daily on empty stomach".
  7. Dwary, Anurag (20 October 2019). ""I Am Mentally Sound": BJP Leader's Daughter Accuses Family Of Harassment". NDTV. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021.
  8. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 December 2018.


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