Jai_Pratap_Singh

Jai Pratap Singh

Jai Pratap Singh

Indian politician (born 1953)

Jai Pratap Singh (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath ministry of the Uttar Pradesh Government.[1] He is a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party. He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seven times from Bansi constituency of Siddharthnagar district.[2][3][4]

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Personal life

Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in Dumraon, Bihar.[2] He completed his Higher Secondary studies from Mayo College, Ajmer in 1970 and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from KC College, Bombay in 1974.[3] Singh married Basundhara Kumari on 19 January 1983, with whom he has two sons. He is a farmer by profession and is a resident of Rajmahal, Bansi, Siddharthnagar district.[2][3][5]

Political career

Jai Pratap Singh has been a MLA seven straight times. Since 1989, he represented the Bansi (Assembly constituency) as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.[3][2]

In Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Lal Ji by a margin of 18,942 votes.[6] After winning for seventh time, he was appointed Cabinet minister of Excise and Liquor Prohibition in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[7]

On 21 August 2019, After first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare.[8]

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References

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    "Council of Ministers". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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    "Member Profile" (PDF). Legislative Assembly official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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    "candidate affidavit". myneta.info. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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    "LIST OF BJP CANDIDATES FOR ENSUING GENERAL ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 OF UTTAR PRADESH". BJP official website. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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    "Member Profile 2017". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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    "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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    "Minister of Excise Jai Pratap Singh". Uttar Pradesh Excise Department official website. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  8. [8]
    Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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