Rewati Raman Singh
Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh | |
|---|---|
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Kanak Lata Singh, SP |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| MP | |
| Succeeded by | Ujjwal Raman Singh |
| Constituency | Allahabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1943 Allahabad, United Provinces, British India |
| Political party | SP |
| Spouse | Beena Singh |
| Children | 1 son and 1 daughter |
| Residence(s) | 19-A, Ashok Nagar, Nyaya Marg, 211001, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Website | http://rajyasabha.nic.in |
Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh (born 5 October 1943) is an Indian politician from the Allahabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh.[1] He played a major role in the establishment of the Samajwadi Party with SP supremoMulayam Singh Yadav, Beni Prasad Verma and Azam Khan (politician). He is the national secretary of Samajwadi Party. He has served Karchana, the vidhan sabha constituency of Allahabad for more than 7 times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was also elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Allahabad twice after defeating the popular BJP politician, Dr.Murli Manohar Joshi. He has now been elected as a MP (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh. He was made irrigation minister and environment minister.[2]
Early life
Rewati Raman Singh was born in a Ruling Bhumihar family.[citation needed] He is called Raja Baraon of Allahabad and is also known as "Kunwar Sahab".[citation needed] His father Raja Madhvendra Prasad narain singh was also a politician. He was minister in 1937 in Govind Vallabh pant's interim government .[3] Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh had worked with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and many other leaders to clean the holy Ganges river. He had worked with many popular leaders like former prime minister V. P. Singh, Chandra Shekhar, and Raj Narain. His son Ujjwal Raman Singh is also an active political leader and was elected as MLA from Karchana constituency in 2004 from Samajwadi Party.Ujjwal has worked as Chairman of 'Beej Vikas Nigam' (cabinet minister rank) in the former Samajwadi party government. Ujjwal Raman Singh is re-elected in 2017 assembly election after 2004 as a MLA from karchhana constituency. His Victory is important for Samajwadi party because he is the only candidate who won from Samajwadi party in Allahabad and near by constituencies. Rewati raman singh took part in the JP Movement against emergency imposed by Indra Gandhi.[4][5]
Positions held
- Member, Public Accounts Committee[6]
- Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications & IT
- Member, Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits, statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex
- Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (eight terms),1974-1978, 1982-1993 and 1996-2004
- Minister for State, Small Scale Industries, Government of Uttar Pradesh,1977-1979
- Cabinet Minister, Power, Government of Uttar Pradesh,1979-1980
- Cabinet Minister, Irrigation, Small Scale Industries and Environment, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh,1989-1990
- Leader of Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly,1991-1992
- Cabinet Minister, Transport, Government of Uttar Pradesh,2003-2004
- Elected to 14th Lok Sabha;Member, Committee on Coal and Steel, 2004
- Member, Standing Committee, Coal and Steel
- Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term),2009
- Member, Committee on Public Accounts
- Member, Committee on External Affairs
- Member, Committee on Ethics;Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications & IT
- Chairman, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
- Member, Advisory Council for the Lok Sabha Television Channel
- Member, Committee on Public Accounts
- Member, Standing Committee on Railways
References
- ^ "Samajwadi Party Wins 7 Rajya Sabha Seats In UP".
- ^ "Kunwar Rewati Raman, First Post".
- ^ "BJP, BSP to take on SP's Kunwar Singh for historic seat".
- ^ "Rewati Raman Singh News".
- ^ "SP leader Rewati Raman Singh at a PC in Varanasi".
- ^ "Profile of Rewati Raman Singh, Loksabha Archive, Government of India".
