Ajatshatru Singh
Ajatshatru Singh (born 6 February 1966 in Delhi) is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and is member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He is a member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference and was minister of state with portfolios of Tourism, Youth Services & Sports, Parks and Gardens, Science & Technology and Transport & Information in Farooq Abdullah government from 1996 to 2002. He was also Member of Legislative Assembly from Nagrota constituency from 1996 to 2002. Currently, He member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council [1][2]
He is son of senior Congress leader and former Sadr-e-Riyasat Karan Singh and Yasho Rajya Lakshmi grand daughter of the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal, Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. He is also Trustee of JK Dharmarth Trust which was founded by Maharaja Gulab Singh.[3] He is elder brother Vikramaditya Singh (politician) is member of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.
In Novemebr 2015, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of Party President Amit Shah.[4][5][6][7][8]
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- Jammu and Kashmir politicians
- Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
- People from Jammu and Kashmir
- Kashmiri people
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians
- Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
- State cabinet ministers of Jammu and Kashmir