Swatantra Dev Singh

Swatantra Dev Singh
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Minister of Jal Shakti & Disaster Management Government of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Mahendra Singh
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2019
Preceded by	Mahendra Nath Pandey
Minister of Transport Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 22 March 2017 – 19 August 2019
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Succeeded by	Ashok Katariya
Minister of State in Power Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 22 March 2017 – 19 August 2019
Minister	Shrikant Sharma
Succeeded by	Rama Shankar Singh
Minister of State in Protocol Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 22 March 2017 – 19 August 2019
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Succeeded by	Neelkanth Tiwari
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 September 2017
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
In office 7 July 2004 – 6 July 2010
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
Leader of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2022
Personal details
Born	(1964-02-13) 13 February 1964 Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Education	B.Sc.
Alma mater	Bundelkhand University
Website	Swatantra Dev Singh

Swatantra Dev Singh is an Indian politician and Currently He is cabinet minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Apart from this, he has been the Minister of State for Transport, Protocol and Energy in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. At present, the Bharatiya Janata Party is the state president of Uttar Pradesh. He got an opportunity to represent the Bundelkhand region in the Yogi government and was made a minister with independent charge in the Yogi government.

Swatantra Dev Singh, who comes from a KURMI KSHATRIYA family with no political background, was the first person in his family to join politics and subsequently join BJP. He is one of the most prominent face of BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

Early life

Swatantra Dev Singh was born on 13 February 1964 in Ori village of Jamalpur block of Mirzapur district. His mother's name was Rama Devi and father's name was Allar Singh. They were married in Sigar village of Jhansi district. Born in Mirzapur district, Swatantra Dev Singh made Jalaun of Bundelkhand a work land. While starting politics from here, today his sting started ringing in the entire state. Born in a family with no political background, Swatantra dev is the first person in his family who is joining RSS and currently playing an active role in the politics of the state through a political party like BJP.

Swatantra Dev's family situation was very bad but his elder brother Shripat Singh got a job in the police. Who was appointed in Jalaun. Due to poor family situation, Swatantra Dev Singh was brought to Jalaun by his elder brother Shripat, where he got his studies done from Jalaun. From here Swatantra Dev stepped into politics. Swatantra Dev Singh started his politics with the student union elections. He contested the election of student union president from DVC College located in Orai headquarters of Jalaun but he lost. After that in 1986, joining the RSS, started working as a pracharak of the Sangh as a volunteer. Joined Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) from 1988-89 as organization minister. In 1991, BJP became in-charge of the youth wing of Kanpur. Later he made his political debut in 1994 as a pure politician in charge of the Yuva Morcha of Bundelkhand. In 1996, he was appointed as the General Secretary of Yuva Morcha. In 1998, he was again made the General Secretary of BJP State Yuva Morcha. In 2001, he also became the state president of BJP's Yuva Morcha.

He started his education from a primary school in his village Ori. He had great interest in sports and was the captain of his school's wrestling team.

He went on to get a degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc) from Bundelkhand University in Jhansi. During his college days he got connected with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) which is all India student organization affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Swatantra Dev Singh started his journey as a reporter in one of the Hindi language daily newspaper prior in 1986. He is married he has two daughter and one son.

Political background

In 2004, Swatantra Dev Singh was elected a member of the Jhansi- Jalaun- Lalitpur Legislative Council from Bundelkhand and was also made the State General Secretary. He was made the state general minister twice from 2004 to 2014. Earlier in 2010, BJP was made the state vice-president, later in 2012 again became the general minister and by staying in this post, in 2017 BJP got a huge victory in Bundelkhand region. In 2013, he was made in-charge of West Uttar Pradesh.

Swatantra dev Singh was made in-charge of the BJP membership campaign in the state in 2014. In which Swatantra dev Singh had proved his leadership ability by making more than one crore new members from across the state. Swatantra Dev Singh had organized the BJP Yuva Morcha convention in 2002 during the time of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Under his leadership, he led the BJP's Seema Jagran Yatra (Saharanpur to Pilibhit border, Gorakhpur to Bihar). He was the chief in-charge of the Ganga Yatra of Union Water Resources Development Minister Uma Bharti from Moradabad to Ballia. In the same 2009, he was the main organizer of the rally of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani.

From the Lok Sabha elections to the Legislative Assembly elections in UP, the rallies of PM Modi are considered to be a big hand in making it successful. Swatantra Dev Singh camps at that place a week before PM Modi's rally, so that he can make the rally successful in any way while infusing enthusiasm and energy among the small workers.

Positions held

1. ABVP General Secretary (Organization) - 1990
2. BJYM In-Charge of Kanpur - 1991
3. BJYM In-Charge of Bundelkhand region - 1994-1996
4. BJYM State General Secretary - 1996-2001
5. Chairman of Jila Sahkari Bank
6. Member of State Legislative Council - 2004-2010
7. BJP State General Secretary (Thrice) - 2004-2017
8. BJP Vice President - 2010-2012
9. BJP Membership In-Charge - 2014-2015
10. Deputed in Gujarat Assembly Elections - 2017
11. Deputed in Karnataka Assembly Elections - 2018
12. Deputed in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections - 2018-19
13. BJP In-Charge of Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections - 2019
14. Minister of State (Independent Charge), Transport & Minister of State, Protocol & Power - 2017-2019
15. President: BJP Uttar Pradesh
16. Currently Cabinet minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of Uttar Pradesh

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