Bharat Singh Explained

Bharat Singh
Birth Date:15 September 1951
Birth Place:Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence:Nawka Tola, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:2014
Term End:2019
Constituency:Ballia
Predecessor:Neeraj Shekhar
Successor:Virendra Singh Mast
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse:Smt. Sheela Singh
Parents:Late Shri Ramcheej Singh, Late Smt. Ramswaro Devi
Children:1 Daughter
Alma Mater:Jodhpur University
Date:17 December
Year:2016
Source:http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4695

Bharat Singh was a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from the Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency). He is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency by defeating former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar's son Neeraj Shekhar with a margin of 1,39,434 votes.[1] [2]

Early life

Bharat Singh was born on 15 September 1948 in village Navka Tola in Bairiya tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.[3] His late father Ramcheej Singh was a simple farmer. Bharat Singh got his early education at his native village and went on to complete his graduation from Jodhpur University, Rajasthan in 1973. Bharat Singh entered in politics when he was a student of Banaras Hindu University. He got elected as President of Banaras Hindu University Students' Union in the year 1978.[4] [5]

Political career

Bharat Singh successfully contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections of 1991, 1996 and 2002 from Bairiya assembly seat in Ballia. He served three terms as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA). However he contested the Lok Sabha election of 2014 from Ballia as Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate and defeated the seating MP Neeraj Shekhar.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Portal India. 30 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180909223448/https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/bharat-singh. 9 September 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: Ballia Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014.
  3. Web site: Myneta, Election Watch.
  4. Web site: बीएचयू में सीखा ककहरा, अब लोकसभा में जमाएंगे रंग Live Hindustan.
  5. Web site: बीएचयू में फिर गरमाने लगी स्टूडेंट यूनियन की राजनीति, Jagaran.
  6. Web site: Bharat Singh, BJP.