Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Maharajganj
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri Yogendra Pal Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Savitri Singh
Date of birth : 01 Dec 1947
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker, Horticulturist, Trade Unionist
Positions held :
1974-77 President, Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, (Youth Wing of Socialist Party) Uttar PradeshMar. 1985- Nov. 1989 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Committee on Questions and References, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Committee of Privileges, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Committee of Petitions and Subordinate Legislation, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1986-88 General Secretary, Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1990 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence2003-2004 Vice President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee2000 Member, AICC2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
More Information :
Books Published
Poems and articles were published in the school magazines
Social And Cultural Activities
As an M.L.A. got installed 90 tubewells, built 65 kms of unmetalled road in the constituency
Special Interests
Aspire for development work; more than 90 govt. tubewells and 20 km roads constructed in the constituency;and a sugar mill was installed in Lok Sabha constituecny, 1989-91
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Horticulture, reading, music and watching movies on TV
Sports and Clubs
Member, Basketball and Hockey teams of U.P. Sainik School, Lucknow, 1960-64
Other Information
Imprisoned on a number of occasions for participation in student, youth and socialist movements; suffered imprisonment during Emergency; actively struggled against police atrocities, injustice and corruption for about ten years; President (i) Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha U.P. (SYS) 1974-77; and (ii)Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat (HMKP), Uttar Pradesh, 1986-1989; Member, Chatra Yuva Sangarsh Samiti, Uttar Pradesh, 1974-77
