Rajendra Pratap Singh (born 20 October 1954), popularly known as Moti Singh, is an Indian politician affiliated to the
Bhartiya Janata Party
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. He represents
Patti assembly constituency
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of
Pratapgarh district. He has been elected as the
member of legislative assembly
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from the same constituency for three time in 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
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Cabinet. Previously, Shri. Singh served as
Uttar Pradesh
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state
Minister of Agriculture
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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.
Personal life
Singh born to father Bharat Singh on 20 October 1954 in
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Pratapgarh, also called Belha or Bela Pratapgarh, is a city and municipality in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pratapgarh district, part of the Allahabad division.
Etymology
Pratapgarh was the ...
, India. He holds
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
degree and studied law from
Allahabad University
, mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees"
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = Ashish Chauhan
, vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava
, head_label ...
. He is an agriculturalist, industrialist and businessman. He married Urmila Singh on 28 May 1973. They have three daughters and a son.
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
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad'') is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is ...
from
Pratapgarh district in 1990.
Moti Singh is member of
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...
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
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
assembly election 1989 from
Indian National Congress Party
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and unsuccessfully he lost and
Janata Dal
Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...
'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.
Moti Singh won a seat from a
Bhartiya Janata Party
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ticket and elected as
Member of Legislative assembly
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in 1996 from
Patti, Uttar Pradesh
Patti is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Pratapgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated ...
. he re-elected as
legislator
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from the same constituency in 2002. He was state
minister of agriculture
An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...
in 2003. Moti Singh won again in
2007 Assembly Election with 29.74% of votes gain for
Bhartiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
in
Patti, Uttar Pradesh
Patti is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Pratapgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated ...
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
*
Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.
Assembly segments
Presently, Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha
The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan ...
*
List of people from Pratapgarh
This is a list of notable personalities from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Literature and science
* Harivansh Rai Bachchan
* Sumitranandan Pant
* Imran Pratapgarhi
* Nazish Pratapgarhi
* Nirjhar Pratapgarhi
* Swadesh Bharti
* ...
References
External links
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Member ProfileRajendra Pratap Singh
* https://indiankanoon.org/doc/129312597/
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1954 births
Living people
People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Yogi ministry
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022
Politicians from Lucknow