Rewati Raman Singh
Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh (born 5 October 1943) is an Indian politician from the Allahabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh.[1] He played a major role in the establishment of the Samajwadi Party with SP supremoMulayam Singh Yadav, Beni Prasad Verma and Azam Khan (politician). He is the national secretary of Samajwadi Party. He has served Karchana, the vidhan sabha constituency of Allahabad for more than 7 times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was also elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Allahabad twice after defeating the popular BJP politician, Dr.Murli Manohar Joshi. He has now been elected as an MP (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh. He was made irrigation minister and environment minister.[2]
Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh | |
|---|---|
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Kanak Lata Singh, SP |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| MP | |
| In office 2004 - 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Murli Manohar Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Shyama Charan Gupta |
| Constituency | Allahabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1943 Allahabad, United Provinces, British India |
| Political party | SP |
| Spouse(s) | Beena Singh |
| Children | 1 son and 1 daughter |
| Residence | 19-A, Ashok Nagar, Nyaya Marg, 211001, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Website | http://rajyasabha.nic.in |
Early life
Rewati Raman Singh was born in Bhumihar Brahmin Ruling family of Baraon Estate. He is called Raja Baraon of Allahabad and is also known as "Kunwar Sahab". His father Raja Madhvendra Prasad Narain Singh was also a politician. He was minister in 1937 in Govind Vallabh pant's interim government .[3] Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh had worked with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and many other leaders to clean the holy Ganges river. He had worked with many popular leaders like former prime minister V. P. Singh, Chandra Shekhar, and Raj Narain. His son Ujjwal Raman Singh is also an active political leader and was elected as MLA from Karchana constituency in 2004 from Samajwadi Party.Ujjwal has worked as Chairman of 'Beej Vikas Nigam' (cabinet minister rank) in the former Samajwadi party government. Ujjwal Raman Singh is re-elected in 2017 assembly election after 2004 as a MLA from karchhana constituency. His Victory is important for Samajwadi party because he is the only candidate who won from Samajwadi party in Allahabad and near by constituencies. Rewati Raman Singh took part in the JP Movement against emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.[4][5]
Positions held
- Member, Public Accounts Committee[6]
- Railways