Jai Pratap Singh
Jai Pratap Singh is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath ministry of the Uttar Pradesh Government.[2] He is a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party. He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seven times from Bansi constituency of Siddharthnagar district.[1][3][4]
Jai Pratap Singh | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare in Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 21 August 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Sidharth Nath Singh |
| Member of Legislative Assembly of Bansi | |
| Assumed office March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Lal Ji Yadav |
| In office December 1989 – May 2007 (5 times) | |
| Preceded by | Harish Chandra Srivastava |
| Succeeded by | Lal Ji Yadav |
| Minister of Excise and Liquor Prohibition in Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office March 2017 – August 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Succeeded by | Ram Naresh Agnihotri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1953 Dumraon, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janta Party[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Basundhara Kumari ( m. 1983) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Rajmahal, Bansi, Siddharthnagar district |
| Alma mater | KC College (B. A.) |
| Profession | Politician |
Personal life
Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in Dumraon, Bihar.[1] He completed his Higher Secondary studies from Mayo College, Ajmer in 1970 and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from KC College, Bombay in 1974.[3] Singh married Basundhara Kumari on 19 January 1983, with whom he has two sons. He is a farmer by profession and is a resident of Rajmahal, Bansi, Siddharthnagar district.[1][3][5]
Political career
Jai Pratap Singh has been a MLA for seven straight times. Since 1989, he represented the Bansi (Assembly constituency) as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.[3][1]
In Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Lal Ji by a margin of 18,942 votes.[6] after winning seventh time, he is appointed as Cabinet minister of Excise and Liquor Prohibition in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[7]
On 21 August 2019, After first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare.[8]
Posts held
| # | From | To | Position | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1989 | 1991 | Member, 10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 02 | 1991 | 1992 | Member, 11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 03 | 1993 | 1995 | Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 04 | 1996 | 2002 | Member, 13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 05 | 2002 | 2007 | Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 06 | 2012 | 2017 | Member, 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 07 | 2017 | Incumbent | Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
| 08 | 2017 | Incumbent | Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
References
- "Member Profile" (PDF). Legislative Assembly official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- "Council of Ministers". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "candidate affidavit". myneta.info. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- "LIST OF BJP CANDIDATES FOR ENSUING GENERAL ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 OF UTTAR PRADESH". BJP official website. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- "Member Profile 2017". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Minister of Excise Jai Pratap Singh". Uttar Pradesh Excise Department official website. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 17 September 2019.