Jai Pratap Singh

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Jai Pratap Singh
Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded bySidharth Nath Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly of
Bansi
Assumed office
March 2012
Preceded byLal Ji Yadav
In office
December 1989 – May 2007 (5 times)
Preceded byHarish Chandra Srivastava
Succeeded byLal Ji Yadav
Minister of Excise and Liquor Prohibition in
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2017 – August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byRam Naresh Agnihotri
Personal details
Born (1953-09-07) 7 September 1953 (age 70)
Dumraon, Bihar, India
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party[1]
Spouse
Basundhara Kumari
​
(m. 1983)​
Children2
Residence(s)Rajmahal, Bansi, Siddharthnagar district
Alma materKC College (B. A.)
ProfessionPolitician

Jai Pratap Singh 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.[2] 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.[1][3][4]

Personal life

Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in Dumraon, Bihar.[1] 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.[1][3][5]

Political career

Jai Pratap Singh has been a MLA for seven straight times. Since 1989, he represented the Bansi (Assembly constituency) as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.[3][1]

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 seventh time, he is appointed as 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]

Posts held

# From To Position Comments
01 1989 1991 Member, 10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
02 1991 1992 Member, 11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
03 1993 1995 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
04 1996 2002 Member, 13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
05 2002 2007 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
06 2012 2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
07 2017 Incumbent Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
08 2017 Incumbent Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Member Profile" (PDF). Legislative Assembly official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Council of Ministers". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c d "candidate affidavit". myneta.info. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. ^ "LIST OF BJP CANDIDATES FOR ENSUING GENERAL ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 OF UTTAR PRADESH". BJP official website. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Member Profile 2017". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Minister of Excise Jai Pratap Singh". Uttar Pradesh Excise Department official website. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  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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