Neeraj Shekhar Singh | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha |
Term Start: | 19 August 2019 |
Predecessor: | Himself |
Constituency: | Uttar Pradesh |
Term Start1: | 26 November 2014 |
Term End1: | 15 July 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Avtar Singh Karimpuri |
Successor1: | Himself |
Constituency1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Office2: | Member of Parliament for Lok Sabha |
Term Start2: | 16 May 2009 |
Term End2: | 15 May 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Himself |
Successor2: | Bharat Singh |
Constituency2: | Ballia |
Term Start3: | January 2008 |
Term End3: | 15 May 2009 |
Predecessor3: | Chandra Shekhar |
Successor3: | Himself |
Constituency3: | Ballia |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1968 |
Birth Place: | Ibrahimpatti, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Otherparty: | Samajwadi Party, Samajwadi Janata Party |
Spouse: | Sushma Shekhar |
Children: | 2 |
Father: | Chandra Shekhar |
Mother: | Duja Devi |
Neeraj Shekhar Singh (born 10 November 1968) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Lok Sabha MP for 2 terms and a Rajya Sabha MP as a Samajwadi Party member. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and became a Rajya Sabha MP again.
He was born in Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. He belongs to a Rajput family[1] and he is the son of the former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and Duja Devi.[2]
On 29 December 2007, he contested and won from the Ballia constituency as a Samajwadi Party candidate, in the by-election held due to the death of his father. He got over 295,000 votes.
In 2009, he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.[3] However, he was defeated in 2014 by Bharat Singh.[4] Currently, he is a Rajya Sabha member.[5]
His election campaign was supported by Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India and former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajnath Singh.[6] [7] He left Samajwadi Party on 15 July 2019 and resigned as Rajya Sabha MP on same date and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.[8]
He is married Sushma Shekhar and has 2 children.[9]
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