Rajeshwar Singh

Indian politician

Rajeshwar Singh

Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Incumbent

Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded by| Swati Singh
Constituency| Sarojini Nagar
Personal details
Born|  (1973-03-11) 11 March 1973 (age 51)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party| Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse| Laxmi Singh
Children| 1
Residence(s)| Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Alma mater| Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, (PhD, 2011)
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (B. Tech)
Occupation|

* Police officer
* politician

Rajeshwar Singh (born 11 March 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Sarojini Nagar constituency of Lucknow district.[1][2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][3] Singh is a former joint director of the Enforcement Directorate.[1][4]

## Personal life

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Singh was born on 11 March 1973 in Lucknow in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG).[1][5][6] A graduate from the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow, he completed his B. Tech from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and a PhD from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in 2011.[1][5][7] Singh is married to Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter.[5][8]

## Career

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An officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police (Provincial Police Service) since the last 14 years, Singh took a voluntary retirement from the post of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate on 31 January 2022 to join politics.[4][9]

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Singh represented Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate from Sarojini Nagar and went on to defeat Samajwadi Party's Abhishek Mishra by a margin of 56,186 votes, succeeding own party member and incumbent Swati Singh in the process.[2][3][10]

## Other ventures

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Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011 Hindi film Kya Yahi Sach Hai, which talked about corruption within the police force and the politician-police nexus.[5][9]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Rajeshwar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Sarojini Nagar (Lucknow) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
2. ^ a b "Rajeshwar Singh, Sarojini Nagar Constituency : Rajeshwar Singh Profile, Win or loss Result in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
3. ^ a b "Uttar Pradesh-Sarojini Nagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
4. ^ a b "ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh quits, set to join BJP, contest polls". The Times of India. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
5. ^ a b c d "Enforcement Directorate officer Rajeshwar Singh goes on leave: How joint director became the god of Lutyens Delhi". Firstpost. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
6. ^ "IPS से विधायक बने डॉ.राजेश्वर का सियासी जन्मदिन:राजनीति में एक साल पूरे होने पर मनाया 'आभार दिवस'; सिलाई मशीन, साइकिल बांटी, बोले-मॉडर्न होंगे स्कूल". Dainik Bhaskar. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
7. ^ Venugopal, Vasudha (20 August 2021). "ED's Rajeshwar Singh likely to join BJP in a few weeks". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
8. ^ Kumar, Santosh (13 February 2022). "UP polls: Ex-ED Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh's 12-year-old daughter campaigns for her father". India Today. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
9. ^ a b Bhardwaj, Ananya (11 February 2022). "Ex-ED officer Rajeshwar Singh: How 'master networker, sleuth', once a suspect, got BJP ticket". ThePrint. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
10. ^ मिश्रा, हिमांशु (2 February 2022). "UP Election 2022: योगी के मंत्री की जगह भाजपा से टिकट पाने वाले राजेश्वर सिंह कौन हैं, अखिलेश यादव से इनके कैसे रिश्ते हैं?". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 March 2022.