| Rajeshwar Singh | |
| Office1: | Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency1: | Sarojini Nagar |
| Term Start1: | 10 March 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Swati Singh |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Spouse: | Laxmi Singh |
| Children: | 1 |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence: | Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma Mater: | Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, (PhD, 2011) Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (B. Tech) |
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] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh is a former joint director of the Enforcement Directorate.
Singh was born on 11 March 1973 in Lucknow in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG).[2] A graduate from the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow, he completed his B. Tech from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and a PhD from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in 2011.[3] [4] Singh is married to Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter.[5] [6]
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.[7] [8]
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.[1] [9] [10]
Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011 Hindi film Kya Yahi Sach Hai, which talked about corruption within the police force and the politician-police nexus.[5] [8]