Nawab Singh Nagar

Nawab Singh Nagar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Nagar is a former Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh and served twice as MLA of Dadri. He is currently the chairperson of Lal Bahadur Shashtri Sugarcane Development Board[1] [2]and also the Vice-President of Uttar Pradesh[3] BJP.

Nawab Singh Nagar
ConstituencyDadri (62)
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2002
In office
2002–2007
Personal details
Born1 January 1960
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
OccupationPolitician

History

Nawab Singh Nagar joined RSS during his college days and eventually joined BJP in the mid 1980s as the party was formed. He contested his first assembly election from Dadri Constituency in 1993 on BJP symbol but lost to Sameer Bhati. He won his first election in 1996 defeating Sameer Bhati in the same constituency. In 2002, he was elected again. As BJP formed government in 2002, Nawab Singh was appointed as the State Irrigation Minister. Nagar lost assembly election in 2007 to BSP candidate Satveer Gurjar. In 2013, he was appointed as the National Vice President of BJP Kisan Morcha.[4]

When BJP was formed in 1980, Nawab Singh Nagar was appointed as the first Mandal president of Noida and also welcomed Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his first visit to Noida.[5]

Nawab Singh Nagar welcoming Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his first visit to Noida in 1980

Social works

Nawab Singh Nagar regularly works for social causes and has successfully raised voice against many government policies like hike in stamp duty and transfer of Noida city funds outside the city. During Ayodhya protest, he was detained by police for 21 days in Saharanpur Jail. He was also detained for raising voice against then Noida Authority Chairperson Neera Yadav (IAS) and sent to custody in Meerut. He was jailed several times and arrested a dozen times for Farmer's right agitation and District reinstatement protest[6]. He also started agitation against hike in electricity charges in Noida in January 2016.

He started protesting against the toll collection on DND Flyway in 2014 and held many strikes and in 2015 organized massive car rally to create awareness against it. On 28 August 2016 Nawab Singh started infinite protest against toll collection and got arrested on 29 August 2016[7] after staging overnight protest and making DND toll free for two days[8][9]. On 26 October 2016, Supreme Court ordered to make DND Flyway toll free.[10]

On 27 December 2016, Nawab Singh protested against the exploitation of twenty one thousand land allottees by yamuna authority and filed a PIL in Allahabad High Court[11]. The protest was successful as the allotment was started by the authority within few weeks of PIL. He has been raising voice over different public issues against the acting governments for a very long time.[12]

Controversies

In 2015, Nawab Singh came into limelight when he justified the infamous Dadri lynching[13] of Mohammad Ikhlaq by locals due to consumption of beef and called the accused as "innocent kids", which created a huge outrage accusing him of aggravating the violent situation.[14][15][16]

Nawab Singh met the accused family and made[17] controversial statement on Dadri lynching case

In 2017, there was a huge protest by the supporters of Nawab Singh when BJP denied him MLA ticket from Dadri Constituency[18]. His angry supporters accused Gautam Budh Nagar MP Dr. Mahesh Sharma for using his veto power against Nawab Singh since Mahesh Sharma was afraid of Nagar's stronghold in his constituency.[19][20] [21]

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References
  1. "नवाब सिंह नागर को राज्यमंत्री बनने पर बधाई". निवाण टाइम्स. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. Pioneer, The. "UP govt appoints chiefs of various corporations". The Pioneer. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. "नवाब सिंह नागर का किया स्वागत". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. "List of BJP Kisan Morcha working committee 2013". 180.179.171.200. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. "कालजयी अटल: खाट पर बैठकर नोएडा में की थी पंचायत". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. "Politics in centrestage as land war heats up". Hindustan Times. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. "Former Minister Leading Protesters At Delhi's DND Flyway Detained By Police". NDTV.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. "Indefinite protest begins for toll-free DND flyway". The Economic Times. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. "Indefinite protest for toll-free DND from Sunday - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. Bureau, ABP News (11 November 2016). "DND to remain toll free for now; SC asks CAG to do audit of the company". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  11. "Anomalies in Noida land allotment: BJP leader moves HC - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  12. "जीरो पीरियड का लाभ सभी आवंटियों को दिया जाये - नवाब सिंह नागर". GrenoNews. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  13. Bhardwaj, Ankur (1 October 2015). "Taking beef with the Republic". Business Standard India. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  14. DadriOctober 1, Rakesh Ranjan Bisara village |; October 1, 2015UPDATED:; Ist, 2015 15:02. "Uttar Pradesh: Some locals and politicians still spewing venom". India Today. Retrieved 28 April 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. "On Mob Killing Over Beef Rumours, Ex-BJP Lawmaker's Shocker". NDTV.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  16. "Decoding Dadri lynching: From political mileage, to strange thoughts and boiling blood". Firstpost. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  17. "Outrage after man lynched over rumour of storing beef in house". Deccan Herald. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  18. "भाजपा में टिकट बंटवारे से गौतमबुद्धनगर में BJP नेता के समर्थक नाराज". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  19. "Noida: BJP workers protest at DND against tickets to turncoats". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  20. "क्या नवाब सिंह नागर के टिकट पर अमित शाह और महेश शर्मा हैं आमने-सामने!". https://tricitytoday.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 April 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  21. "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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