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Ganga Bhakt Singh

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Ganga Bhakt Singh (1922–2010) was a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttar Pradesh, India, affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He served as a cabinet minister twice in the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1967 and 1991 and as the Deputy-Chairman of the State Planning Commission between 1999-2002 under the Chief Minister Rajnath Singh. He was a member of the Sixth Lok Sabha from Shahabad Lok Sabha constituency as well as being a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for four terms.

His elder brother, Late Shri. Sharda Bhakt Singh was also a senior leader of the Bhartiya Janta Party and had served as the Revenue Minister (Cabinet Minister) of Uttar Pradesh and MLA thrice.[1][2]

An active social and political worker, Singh was a bachelor and was associated with the organisational work of a number of societies in his constituency and worked for the uplift of rural people.[citation needed]

Singh died on 15 August 2010 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh at the age of 88.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)