Ram Swaroop Singh राम स्वरूप सिंह | |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1936 |
Death Date: | 18 February 2023 |
Birth Place: | Mahera, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh) |
Constituency: | Akarpur-Raniya |
Office1: | Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh |
Term Start1: | 2002 |
Term End1: | 2007 |
Term Start2: | 2007 |
Term End2: | 2012 |
Term Start3: | 2012 |
Term End3: | 2017 |
Office4: | Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
Term Start4: | 3 October 2003 |
Term End4: | 4 July 2004 |
Party: | Samajwadi Party |
Nationality: | Indian |
Children: | Shalini Singh |
Profession: | Politician, Businessman |
Ram Swaroop Singh was an Indian politician and a former member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He also worked as Minister of State in the Mayawati's cabinet. He was elected first time in 2002 from Sarvankhera assembly constituency of Kanpur Dehat district.
He started his political life by participating in society's elections. He officiated the post of chairman of Zila Sahkari Bank Ltd. Kanpur, a member of ZilaPanchayat Kanpur Dehat district. The first time he fought the assembly election in 1997 as an independent candidate but he did not reach his goal. In 2002 he met Bahujan Samajwadi Party Supremo Mayawati and joined Bahujan Samajwadi Party and succeeded in finding a ticket from BSP. In 2002 he fought the assembly election from Sarwankheda constituency of district Kanpur Dehat as BSP candidate and became winner.[1] He also officiated for some time as state minister in Mayawati government. In political turmoil, he resigned from the Mayawati government, and his party BSP, and joined Samajwadi Party. In 2007[2] and 2012 he fought elections as member of Legislative Assembly from Akbarpur-Raniya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of district Kanpur Dehat (Ramabai Nagar) as Samajwadi Party candidate and he won seats. He was sitting MLA from Akbarpur-Raniya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)-206 of district Kanpur Dehat.[3]