Indian politician
Rajeshwar Singh (born 11 March 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Sarojini Nagar constituency of Lucknow district .[ 1] [ 2] Bharatiya Janata Party .[ 1] [ 3] Enforcement Directorate .[ 1] [ 4]
Personal life
Singh was born on 11 March 1973 in Lucknow in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG).[ 1] [ 5] [ 6] B. Tech from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and a PhD from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in 2011.[ 1] [ 5] [ 7] Laxmi Singh , an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter.[ 5] [ 8]
Career
An officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police (Provincial Police Service) since the last 14 years, Singh took a voluntary retirement from the post of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate on 31 January 2022 to join politics.[ 4] [ 9]
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election , Singh represented Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate from Sarojini Nagar and went on to defeat Samajwadi Party 's Abhishek Mishra by a margin of 56,186 votes, succeeding own party member and incumbent Swati Singh in the process.[ 2] [ 3] [ 10]
Other ventures
Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011 Hindi film Kya Yahi Sach Hai [ 5] [ 9]
References
^ a b c d e f "Rajeshwar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Sarojini Nagar (Lucknow) - Affidavit Information of Candidate" . myneta.info . Retrieved 17 March 2022 .^ a b "Rajeshwar Singh, Sarojini Nagar Constituency : Rajeshwar Singh Profile, Win or loss Result in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022" . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 17 March 2022 .^ a b "Uttar Pradesh-Sarojini Nagar" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 March 2022 .^ a b "ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh quits, set to join BJP, contest polls" . The Times of India . 1 February 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022 .^ a b c d "Enforcement Directorate officer Rajeshwar Singh goes on leave: How joint director became the god of Lutyens Delhi" . Firstpost . 2 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022 .^ "IPS से विधायक बने डॉ.राजेश्वर का सियासी जन्मदिन:राजनीति में एक साल पूरे होने पर मनाया 'आभार दिवस'; सिलाई मशीन, साइकिल बांटी, बोले-मॉडर्न होंगे स्कूल" . Dainik Bhaskar . 11 March 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023 .^ Venugopal, Vasudha (20 August 2021). "ED's Rajeshwar Singh likely to join BJP in a few weeks" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 27 November 2023 . ^ Kumar, Santosh (13 February 2022). "UP polls: Ex-ED Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh's 12-year-old daughter campaigns for her father" . India Today . Retrieved 17 March 2022 . ^ a b Bhardwaj, Ananya (11 February 2022). "Ex-ED officer Rajeshwar Singh: How 'master networker, sleuth', once a suspect, got BJP ticket" . ThePrint . Retrieved 17 March 2022 . ^ मिश्रा, हिमांशु (2 February 2022). "UP Election 2022: योगी के मंत्री की जगह भाजपा से टिकट पाने वाले राजेश्वर सिंह कौन हैं, अखिलेश यादव से इनके कैसे रिश्ते हैं?" . Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 March 2022 .
