Neeraj Shekhar Singh (born 10 November 1968) is an Indian politician belonging from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life

He was born in

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in Ballia district,

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. He belong to a

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family and he is the son of the former Prime Minister

Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar ( 17 April 1927 – 9 August 2015) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with ...

and Duja Devi.

Political career

On 29 December 2007, he contested and won from the Ballia constituency as a

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...

candidate, in the by-election held due to the death of his father. He got over 295,000 votes. In 2009, he was re-elected to the

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from the same constituency. However, he was defeated in 2014 by Bharat Singh. Currently, he is a Rajya Sabha member. His election campaign was supported by

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

, Communist Party of India and former

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. He left

on 15 July 2019 and resigned as

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MP on same date and joined

Personal life

He married Sushma Shekhar and has 2 children.

References

, - India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 1968 births Living people Children of prime ministers of India Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Janata Party politicians People from Ballia Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-politician-stub