Ranvendra Pratap Singh (born 3 February 1964) is an Indian politician and a former state minister of

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Early life

Singh was born on 3 February 1964 to Brajesh Chandra Singh in

Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh Fatehpur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, the city is named after Babu Fateh Chandra, who helped Rani Lakshmi Bai in the freedom struggle. It is located south of the state capital ...

. He completed his intermediate studies from Yamuna Christian College in 1981. He married Pushpa Singh on 8 May 1978, with whom he has two sons and two daughters. Singh is an

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and has a

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Political career

He was twice elected to the

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as a

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(BJP)

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: for Khaga in

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and for Husainganj in

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. He was named a minister of state for agriculture, agricultural education and research in the Yogi Adityanath ministry. Singh lost Husainganj constituency seat to Usha Maurya of

Samajwadi party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

in the

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References

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