Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh

Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 12th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Fatehpur Sikri (Assembly constituency) in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] Currently he is serving as Minister of State for Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Textile, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, Export Promotion in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[3]

Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh
Minister of State for Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Textile, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, Export Promotion
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
MLA, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded bySurajpal Singh
ConstituencyFatehpur Sikri, Agra
MLA, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
December 1993 – October 1995
Preceded byVijay Singh Rana
Succeeded bySeth Kishan Lal Baghel
ConstituencyDayalbagh, Agra
Personal details
Born (1946-12-31) 31 December 1946
Dhadhu Pura, Agra, Uttar Pradesh[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Shanti Devi
​
(m. 1966)​
Children5
ParentsNihal Singh[2]
Residence06 Mantri Aawas, Vibhutikhand, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materAgra University
OccupationMLA
ProfessionPolitician[2]

Early life and education

Chaudhary was born 31 December 1946 in Dhadhu Pura, Tajganj, Agra district of Uttar Pradesh to his father Than Singh and mother Kanchan Devi. His mother died a few moments later of his birth. Fufa Nihal Singh was a resident of village Mahrara, Sadabad, Mathura district. Nihal Singh was his religious father.[3] He belongs to Jat community. In 1966, he married with Shanti Devi, they have five sons. He had earn Master of Arts and Bachelor of Education degree in 1973 from Agra University.[2][1]

Political career

Chaudhary was member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1964. Introduced into active politics in 1991 under the direction of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, in the Dayalbagh Assembly constituency in 1993,[4] he received the distinction of winning the highest number of MLAs in Agra district, receiving 57000 votes. In his twenty-month tenure as a Member of the Legislative Assembly he developed his constituency. During his legislative times, his party had extremely anti-government, due to which the administration and government could not get support in their efforts. Being an active worker of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was sent as a party incharge in the Hastinapur by-election and won the BJP candidate's victory under his leadership, after this BJP district president of Agra district given him. Under his leadership, elections were held for District Council, Municipal Corporation, Municipality and the party emerged with a significant power in Agra district.[3]

Since 2016, he represent Fatehpur Sikri (Assembly Constituency) as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017), he defeated his nearest candidate Surajpal Singh (Bahujan Samaj Party) by a margin of 52,337 votes.[5]

On 21 August 2019, after first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath Government he appointed as Minister of State for Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Textile, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, Export Promotion.[6]

Posts held
#FromToPositionComments
1December 1993October 1995Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
2March 2017IncumbentMember, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[7]
3August 2019IncumbentMinister of State in Yogi Adityanath ministry

References
  1. "Member Profile". official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. Dhirendra Yadav (21 August 2020). "कौन हैं चौधरी उदयभान सिंह, जिन्हें यूपी की Yogi Sarkar में बनाया जा रहा मंत्री". Patrika (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Dayalbagh Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. "Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017". Election.in. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ABP News Bureau (21 August 2019). "UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 23 Ministers In First Cabinet Expansion". ABP News. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.