Akhilesh Kumar Singh Explained

Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly for Rae Bareli
Term Start:1993
Term End:2017
Predecessor:Ashok Kumar Singh
Successor:Aditi Singh
Constituency:Rae Bareli Sadar
Birth Date:15 September 1959
Birth Place:Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
Death Place:Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality:Indian
Party:Peace Party of India
Otherparty:Indian National Congress
Residence:Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
Children:Aditi Singh
Alma Mater:Feroze Gandhi College, Kanpur University
Occupation:Politician
General Secretary:All India Mahila Congress
National Incharge:Priyadarshini (Mahila Congress Wing)

Akhilesh Kumar Singh (15 September 1959 – 20 August 2019) was an Indian politician.

Akhilesh Singh was born on 15 September 1959. Singh was first elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993 as an Indian National Congress candidate from Rae Bareli Sadar. Singh won reelection twice, in 1996 and 2002, while retaining his affiliation with Congress.[1] Expelled from Congress prior to the 2007 election,[2] Singh ran as a political independent and won a fourth legislative term.[1] Singh contested the 2012 election after joining the Peace Party of India.[1] Upon the completion of his fifth legislative term, Singh's daughter Aditi announced that she would contest her father's open seat in 2017, which she won on Congress ticket.[3] [4]

In later life, Singh was diagnosed with cancer, and died of the disease while seeking treatment at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences on 20 August 2019.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Singh . Sanjeev . Akhilesh Singh's demise may spell doom for Congress in Rae Bareli . 21 August 2019 . The Times of India . 20 August 2019.
  2. News: Winters . Bryce J. . Akhilesh Singh, father of Congress MLA Aditi Singh from Raebareli, Passed Away . 21 August 2019 . The News Crunch . 20 August 2019.
  3. News: Ahmad . Qazi Faraz . 'Robin Hood of Rae Bareli', Five-Time MLA Akhilesh Singh Passes Away . 21 August 2019 . News 18 . 20 August 2019.
  4. News: Five-time Rae Bareli MLA Akhilesh Singh passes away . 21 August 2019 . The Times of India . 20 August 2019.
  5. News: Indo-Asian News Service . UP Congress ex-MLA Akhilesh Singh passes away . 21 August 2019 . The Tribune/Hindustan Times . 20 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190820064151/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/up-congress-ex-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away/820092.html . 20 August 2019. Alt URL