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Uday Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)

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Uday Pratap Singh
Minister for Transport and School Education
Government of Madhya Pradesh
Assumed office
25 December 2023
Chief MinisterMohan Yadav
Preceded byGovind Singh Rajput
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
3 December 2023
Preceded bySuneeta Patel
ConstituencyGadarwara
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 3 December 2023
Preceded bySartaj Singh
Succeeded byDarshan Singh Choudhary
ConstituencyNarmadapuram
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2008 – May 2009
Succeeded byBhaiyaram Patel
ConstituencyTendukheda
Personal details
Born (1964-06-09) 9 June 1964 (age 60)
Lolari, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
SpouseManju Rao
Children2
Residence(s)Lolari, Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh
Alma materSagar University
OccupationFarmer
As of 16 December, 2016
Source: [1]

Rao Uday Pratap Singh Indolia (born 9 June 1964) is an Indian politician and current Minister for Transport and School Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh. He was elected in the Indian Lok Sabha from Narmadapuram (Lok Sabha constituency) for 3 consecutive terms from 2009 to 2023. He is the current Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Gadarwara. He won the 2014 and 2019 elections for Member of Parliament as a member of the BJP.[1] He won 2019 Lok Sabha Polls from Narmadapuram Lok Sabha constituency with the record margin of 5,53,682 votes.[2]

Uday Pratap Singh then contested 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election from Gadarwara Legislative constituency which he won by more than 56 thousand votes defeating sitting MLA Mrs Sunita Patel.

Political career

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Uday Pratap Singh was interested in politics from early age. He was first elected as MLA in 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Tendukheda. Shortly, after this he made candidate for Hoshangabad Lok Sabha constituency in 2009. He won the elections and became Member of Parliament from Indian National Congress, in 2009, but later joined the BJP. He then won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the same seat as a member of the BJP. He won 2019 Lok Sabha Polls from Narmadapuram with the record margin of 5,53,682 votes.

In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Elections, he contested from Gadarwara which he won by more than 56 thousand votes defeating sitting MLA Mrs Suneeta Patel. On 25 December 2023, he was inducted in Mohan Yadav ministry and handed over the portfolio of Minister for Transport and School Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Offices held

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Constituency Tenure Party
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Tendukheda 2008 - May 2009 INC
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Narmadapuram 2009 -14 INC
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Narmadapuram 2014 -19 BJP
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Narmadapuram 2019 - December 23[3] BJP
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Gadarwara 2023- present BJP

References

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  1. ^ "Exodus from MP Congress strengthens BJP in run-up to LS polls". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 3 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Hoshangabad Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: BJP के राव उदयप्रताप ने दर्ज की प्रदेश की सबसे बड़ी जीत - Hoshangabad Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: BJP Candidate Rao Uday Pratap Singh wins in Hoshangabad". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  3. ^ India Today (6 December 2023). "10 of 12 BJP MPs who won state elections resign from Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.