Ajay Kumar Singh (born 2 March 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the

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. He represents the

Harraiya (Assembly constituency) Harraiya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Harraiya in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh India. Harraiya is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, ...

in the

Basti district Basti district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India, and a part of Basti Division. Basti city is the district headquarters. The district is bordered by Sant Kabir Nagar to the east and Gonda to the west. To the south, the ...

of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

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Early life and education

Singh was born 2 March 1970 in

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

to father Narendra Bahadur Singh. He received

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and

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degrees from

University of Lucknow University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is one of the oldest public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second ...

. On 3 February 2003, he married Sunita Singh, with whom he has a son and a daughter. Singh is an

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by profession.

Political career

Singh started his career in politics in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he contested from

against Raj Kishor Singh, who is regular three time MLA from this constituency and Cabinet minister in Akhilesh Yadav ministry. However he defeated

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candidate Raj Kishor Singh by a margin of 30,106 votes.

Posts held

References

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