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Kunwar Manvendra Singh is a
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 ...
politician currently serving as the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.


Early life

He was born in
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in 1952 to Kunwar Yogendra Singh & Lata Devi. He has been associated with the
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since 1969. He later married in 1982 and has two sons. He also holds a MA and a LLB degree from
Lucknow University 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 ...
.


Political career

He has been associated with Sangh and Vidyarthi Parishad since his early days. He was elected district president of the BJP-Jhansi Unit. He was elected to the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh once in the elections held in 1985, and three times as a member of the Legislative Council. He has served as the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Jal Vidyut Nigam from 1997 to 2000 and later as the Chairman of Bundelkhand Vikas Board from 2019 to 2021 during the present tenure of Sri
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as Chief Minister. He had previously been the acting chairman of the council from May 2002 to August 2004. He was also elected as Deputy Chairman Legislative Council, U.P. from August 2004 to 5 May 2006. On 21 January 2021, he was elected unopposed with 11 other candidates to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.


References

http://upgovernor.gov.in/en/pressrelease {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Kunwar Manvendra Living people 1952 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Chairs of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 Politicians from Agra