Jitendra Singh is a politician from the

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

and currently named as the vice president of UP Handball Association. In 2007 he was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly representing

Bikapur Bikapur is a town, tehsil and nagar panchayat of Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Bikapur is 25 km south of the district headquarters Ayodhya city. Demographics In 2011 total population of Bikapur 14,453. Governance and ...

constituency in

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in the state legislature of Uttar Pradesh. He was a renowned

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player. He was arrested along with Intezar Abidi for attacking and setting fire to the house of State Congress leader

Rita Bahuguna Rita Bahuguna Joshi (born 22 July 1949) is an Indian people, Indian politician and was cabinet (government), cabinet minister (government), minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. She was the president (corporate title), president of the ...

in central Lucknow. He is often referred to with epithets such as 'Bahubali', 'Don' or the 'Don of Eastern Uttar Pradesh'. He has been known for the good works in his constituency. A nickname has also been given to him by the people 'Bablu Bhaiya'. His brother Guddu Singh is also MLC from the same party.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012 Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Ayodhya district {{UttarPradesh-BSP-politician-stub