Rajeshwar Singh (born 11 March 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of the

18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

representing Sarojini Nagar constituency of

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. He is a member of the

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. Singh is a former joint director of the

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Personal life

Singh was born on 11 March 1973 in

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in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a

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(DIG). A graduate from the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow, he completed his

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from

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and a

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from

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in 2011. Singh is married to

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, an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter.

Career

An officer of the

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(Provincial Police Service) since the last 14 years, Singh took a voluntary retirement from the post of the Joint Director of

on 31 January 2022 to join politics. In the

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 M ...

, Singh represented

as a candidate from Sarojini Nagar and went on to defeat

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by a margin of 56,186 votes, succeeding own party member and incumbent

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in the process.

Other ventures

Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011

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film ''

Kya Yahi Sach Hai Kya Yahi Sach Hai is an international award-winning film directed by former IPS officer Yogesh Pratap Singh. The film is based on Mr. Singh's novel 'Carnage by Angels' which was released in 2003, which exposed the rampant corruption Corrupt ...

'', which talked about corruption within the police force and the politician-police nexus.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Rajeshwar 1973 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 People from Gautam Buddh Nagar district People from Lucknow district Indian police officers