Amrendra Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly serving as a minister in the Government of Bihar. He is the grandson of

Harihar Singh Harihar Singh or Bihari Ji Singh (1925-1994) was an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. He succeeded Bhola Paswan Shashtri, as the Chief Minister of Bihar in 1969. Harihar Singh's tenure as Chief Minister lasted just a few ...

, the former Chief Minister of Bihar.

Early and Personal Life

Singh was born in Chaugain village of the

Shahabad district Shahabad district or Arrah district, headquartered at Arrah (now part of Bhojpur District, Bihar) was a Bhojpuri speaking district in western Bihar, India, making the western border of Bihar with Uttar Pradesh. In 1972, the district was split in ...

(now in Buxar) to

also known as Bihari Ji Singh. His grand father was a freedom fighter and the Chief Minister of Bihar and his elder brother Mrigendra Pratap Singh was the Finance minister and speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

Political career

Singh joined

Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) ( ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...

in the state of Bihar as an associate of

Raghubar Das Raghubar Das (born 3 May 1955) is an Indian politician who served as the sixth Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He was sworn in as the 6th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and has twice served as ...

, former

Chief Minister of Jharkhand The Chief Minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief ministe ...

. Inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan, he also took part in the JP Movement. After split of the Jana Sangh faction from Janata Party, he too joined the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party. He was granted candidacy by the BJP to contest six consecutive elections of which he got elected on four occasions. Between 2000–2015, he was the representative of the Arrah constituency. He was also made the deputy speaker of the assembly from 2012–2015. In the

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

, he lost his seat to Mohammad Nawaz Alam of the RJD. He won his seat back in the

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

on a BJP ticket supported by

NDA NDA may stand for: Military * National Defence Academy (India), a military academy in India * National Defence Act, legislation for organizing and funding Canada's military * National Defense Academy of Japan, a military academy in Japan * Nig ...

defeating his nearest rival of MGB with an impressive margin. He was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the

Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry The Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry was a Council of Ministers in Bihar Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Council of Ministers See also * Government of Bihar * Bihar Legislati ...

for the first time.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Amrendra Pratap Living people People from Bhojpur district, India Deputy Speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly People from Arrah Bihar MLAs 2000–2005 Bihar MLAs 2005–2010 Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 State cabinet ministers of Bihar 1947 births