Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 12th and

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. He represents the Fatehpur Sikri (Assembly constituency) in

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and is a member of the

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. He is known best for his decision. Currently he is serving as Minister of State for Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Textile, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, Export Promotion in

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Early life and education

Chaudhary was born 31 December 1946 in Dhadhu Pura, Tajganj,

to his father Than Singh and mother Kanchan Devi. His mother died a few moments later of his birth. Fufa Nihal Singh was a resident of village Mahrara, Sadabad,

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. Nihal Singh was his religious father. He belongs to Jat community. In 1966, he married Shanti Devi, they have five sons. He had earned

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and

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degree in 1973 from

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Political career

Chaudhary was member of

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since 1964. Introduced into active politics in 1991 under the direction of

, in the Dayalbagh Assembly constituency in 1993, he received the distinction of winning the highest number of MLA votes in Agra district, receiving 57000 votes. In his twenty-month tenure as a

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he developed his constituency. During his legislative times, his party was extremely anti-government, due to which the administration and government could not get support in their efforts. Being an active worker of the

, he was sent as a party in charge in the

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by-election and won the BJP candidate's victory under his leadership, after this BJP district president of

given to him. Under his leadership, elections were held for District Council,

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and the party emerged with a significant power in

. Since 2016, he represents Fatehpur Sikri (Assembly Constituency) as a member of

. In

(2017), he defeated his nearest candidate Surajpal Singh (

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) by a margin of 52,337 votes. On 21 August 2019, after first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath Government he was appointed Minister of State for Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Textile, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, Export Promotion.

Posts held

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Chaudhary Udaybhan Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Agra district 1946 births