Abhishek Singh (born 5 March 1981) is an Indian politician from the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. He was a member of the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May ...

, the lower house of the

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representing

Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon is a city in Rajnandgaon District, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. the population of the city was 163,122. Rajnandgaon district came into existence on 26January 1973, as a result of the division of Durg district. History Or ...

. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh,

Raman Singh Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2023. Formerly, he served as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and holding the position for thre ...

Early life

Abhishek Singh was born on 5 March 1981 at Kawardha. He is the son of

and Veena Singh. He did his engineering from

NIT Raipur National Institute of Technology, Raipur (NIT Raipur or NITRR) is a Public university, public Technical university, technical and research university located in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. Founded in 1956 with two engineering disciplin ...

after which completed his M.B.A. from XLRI- Xavier School of Management.

Political career

Upon completion of his education, Singh entered politics and campaigned for the

(BJP) during the

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election 2013 was held in two phases on 11 and 19 November in Chhattisgarh state of India. The result was announced on 8 December. Incumbent ruling party BJP and Chief Minister Raman Singh retained the majori ...

in the districts of

and

Kawardha Kawardha is a town and a municipality in Kabirdham district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is the administrative headquarters of Kabirdham district. Kawardha is also known for the "Temple of Bhoramdeo." The Member of Legislative assem ...

. In April 2014, the BJP declared him as their candidate to contest the

general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...

from

after

Madhusudan Yadav Madhusudan Yadav (born 22 August 1970) is an Indian Politician from Bharatiya Janta Party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India representing the Rajnandgaon constituency of Chhattisgarh. Political career Yadav was first elected to 1 ...

, the then member from the constituency, was denied a ticket. He won the election by a margin of more than 235,000 votes and 33, became the youngest member of parliament elected from Chhattisgarh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Abhishek 1981 births Living people India MPs 2014–2019 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh National Institute of Technology, Raipur alumni People from Kabirdham district People from Rajnandgaon XLRI – Xavier School of Management alumni

Early life

Political career

See also

References