Giriraj Singh

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Giriraj Singh
Giriraj Singh PTI 360.jpg
Minister of State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Assumed office
9 November 2014
Personal details
Born Monday, 8 September 1952
Barahiya, Lakhisarai, Bihar
Political party BJP
Children One daughter
Alma mater Magadh University
Religion Hinduism
Website http://girirajsingh.in/

Giriraj Singh is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician from Barahiya, Bihar, India. He is the Member of Parliament from the Nawada constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha, and a former minister in the cabinet of Nitish Kumar.

Early life[edit]

Giriraj Singh comes from a Bhumihar Brahmin or Brahmin Ayachak family.[1]

Political career[edit]

Singh served the Cabinet of Bihar as co-oprative minister from 2005-2010 & Animal Husbandry minister from 2010 to 2013. He has been a staunch supporter of Narendra Modi from the beginning. He publicly supported Modi for Prime Minister from long time. He was among the eleven BJP ministers who were dismissed by Nitish Kumar as a result of breaking of JDU-BJP alliance. He is a member of Bihar State Bharatiya Janata Party's 16-member state election. He had been made as cabinate minister in November 2014. He has potential to change Bihar if he becomes the CM of Bihar,and chances are very high that he will become CM of Bihar committee.[2]

Positions Held[edit]

  • 2002 - May 2014 : Member, State Legislative Council
  • 2008 - 2010 : Cooperative Minister, Govt. of Bihar
  • 2010 - 2013 : Minister, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resource Development
  • May, 2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
  • 1 Sep. 2014 – 9 November 2014 : Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.
  • Sep. 2014 - 9 November 2014 : Member, Standing Committee on Labour
  • 9 November 2014 onwards : Union Minister of State, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

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Burglary[edit]

On 8 July 2014 Giriraj Singh filed a complaint that his house had been burgled. The alleged burglar, a man called Dinesh Kumar, was caught with a suitcase packed with 600 US dollars, two gold chains, a pair of gold earrings, a gold locket, three gold rings, 14 silver coins, and seven luxury watches — all of which he said he had stolen from Singh’s home on Boring Road in west Patna. Singh however states that they only stole 50,000 rupees of cash plus other jewelry from his house. [4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100117/jsp/frontpage/story_11994510.jsp
  2. ^ Singh, Abhay (11 January 2014). "State BJP forms 16-member election panel". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2014. 
  3. ^ From Official website Indian Government[1]
  4. ^ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/rs-50000-stolen-from-bjp-mps-home-thief-says-he-got-rs-1-14-cr. Interesting is that the traffic police officer who caught burglary of crores of rupee was later found to be taking bribe./

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