Sarita Singh Explained

Sarita Singh
Office:President of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti
Term Start:9 April 2014
Preceded:Post established
Constituency1:Rohtas Nagar
Office1:Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Preceded1:Jitender Mahajan
Successor1:Jitender Mahajan
Term Start1:12 February 2015
Term End1:12 February 2020
Birth Date:8 June 1981
Birth Place:Delhi, India
Known For:Education policies
Political activism
Party:Aam Aadmi Party
Occupation:Politician
Alma Mater:Delhi University

Sarita Singh is an Indian politician, who is the incumbent president of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti,(CYSS) the student's wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). She was a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and represented Rohtas Nagar (Assembly constituency) of Delhi. Singh is also a social worker.

Personal life and education

Sarita Singh is the daughter of Awadesh Kumar Singh. After completing her Master of Arts (M. A.) in Sociology from the Delhi University (DU), Sarita Singh focussed on social work. She was aged 28 years in February 2015. Singh is a resident of Ram nagar, which is part of the Rohtas Nagar assembly constituency she represents. She is a Purvanchali, belonging to the Purvanchal area, which comprises Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.[1]

Political career

Sarita Singh is the president of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti, the student's wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).[2]

Singh was one of the six female M.L.A.s elected to Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi by winning the February 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. All of them were from the AAP.[3] AAP won 67 of 70 seats in the assembly. Singh won from the Rohtas Nagar (Assembly constituency), securing 62,209 votes. She defeated the sitting M.L.A. Jitender Mahajan (Jitender Kumar) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 7,874 votes.[4] [5] Mahajan had defeated Mukesh Hooda of the AAP by a margin of more than 14,000 votes in the previous Delhi Legislative Assembly elections in 2013.[3]

During the election campaign, Singh's car was attacked and damaged with iron rods and wooden clubs by a group of unidentified miscreants in North east Delhi, in the night while she was on the way home.[6] The Hindu noted that she was fielded by the AAP to appease the large migrant population from Purvanchal.[1]

Posts Held

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See also

References

Controversy: Two voter I Card of AAP MLA

Notes and References

  1. News: AAP woos Purvanchal voters . The Hindu . 31 January 2015 . 21 February 2015.
  2. News: AAP names 8 more nominees, completes list for Delhi Assembly elections . https://web.archive.org/web/20150105162645/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aap-names-8-more-nominees-completes-list-for-delhi-assembly-elections/521012-37-64.html . dead . 5 January 2015 . CNN IBN . 3 January 2015 . PTI . 21 February 2015.
  3. News: 6 Women Candidates Who Won Delhi Elections . Huffington Post . 2015-02-10 . 21 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Election Result . ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA . 16 February 2015.
  5. http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India
  6. News: Delhi polls: AAP candidate Sarita Singh's car attacked . Economic Times . 3 February 2015 . 21 February 2015.