Makkan Singh Raj Thakur (born 1971) is an Indian politician from

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

state. He is an MLA from Ramagundam Assembly constituency in

Peddapalli district Pedapalli district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its administrative headquarters is at Peddapalli and Commissionerate is at Ramagundam. The district shares boundaries with Mancherial, Karimna ...

. He represents

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

and won the

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 2023 elections in India, 30 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, 119 members of Telangana Legislative Assembly for its third term. ...

Early life and education

Thakur is from

Ramagundam Ramagundam is a city under Ramagundam Municipal Corporation, municipal corporation in Peddapalli district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It is the most populous city in the district and falls under t ...

, Peddapalli district. His father is Kishan Singh. He studied until class 12, and passed his Secondary School Certificate in 1983 at

Zilla Parishad High School Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) is a type of state-run secondary school in India. These schools are established, supervised, and funded by the District Councils of India (locally known as ''Zilla Parishad'', district level local authorities ...

, Ramagundam.

Career

Thakur won from Ramagundam Assembly constituency representing

in the

. He polled 92,227 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Korukanti Chandar Patel of

Bharat Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

, by a huge margin of 56,794 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raj Thakur, Makkan Singh 1971 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Telangana MLAs 2023–2028