Ameeta Singh

Last updated

Syed Modi
​
​
(m. 1984;died 1988)​

Sanjay Sinh
​
(m. 1995)​
Ameeta Sinh
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
2002–2012
OccupationPolitician, former national badminton champion, former Education Minister
Known forPresident Delhi Capital Badminton Association, All India Professional Congress, Social work, Vice Chairman RRSGI group of Institutions, Amethi and Bronze medal winner Asian Games 1982

Ameeta Sinh (born Amita Kulkarni on 4 October 1962) is a politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, who was formerly a national badminton champion. She has been Chairman of Jilla Panchayat in Amethi/Sultanpur district and has been elected three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Amethi Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. She was minister of state in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Contents

After the death of her first husband Syed Modi, in whose murder she and Sanjay Sinh were accused, she went on to marry Sanjay Sinh, a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) politician from Amethi who is close to the Nehru-Gandhi family and a descendant, by adoption, of the former royal family of Amethi.

Early life

Ameeta Sinh was born on 4 October 1962. She became a national champion in the sport of badminton during the 1970s. [1] In 1984, she married another national champion, Syed Modi, whom she then partnered in a successful badminton career. Their marriage ended when Syed Modi was shot dead in 1988. While they were discharged of all charges, the CBI alleged that Ameeta and Sanjay were in a relationship, although Sanjay was still married at that time. The coup his first wife, Garima [ clarification needed ]. A legal challenge to that divorce resulted in it being set aside in 1998 by the Supreme Court of India, although the couple still claim that they are legally wed. Aside from the three children whom he fathered with Garima, Sanjay has legally adopted Ameeta's daughter. [2] Her daughter was born two months prior to the death of Syed Modi. [3]

Sinh graduated from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, in 2003 and was awarded a PhD in sociology by the same institution in 2011. [4]

Ameeta Sinh has been involved in a public inheritance battle, with Sanjay and Garima making rival claims.". [5] Sanjay was adopted by the king of Amethi, Rananjay Singh, as his heir prior to the abolition of all royal privileges in India and as such he inherited the former royal estates. In 1989, he had removed Garima from the palace but in 2014 she and her children took up residence at another palace in Amethi, called Bhupati Bhawan, and refused to move. Local people gathered to support her, claiming that she, rather than Ameeta, was the real queen. [6]

Political career

Sinh was Chairman of Jilla Panchayat of Amethi/Sultanpur district between August 2000 and February 2002. [7] She won the Amethi Vidhan Sabha seat as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the 2002 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, [8] and again in the 2007 elections, this time as an INC candidate. [6] Her husband had also been a BJP politician at the time of the 2002 elections, having begun his career with the INC, moved to the Janata Dal party and then to the BJP. He had returned to the INC in 2003. [9] She was minister for technical education.[ citation needed ]

In 2012, Singh stood as an INC candidate in the Amethi constituency during the state legislative assembly elections of that year. She lost to Gayatri Prajapati of the Samajwadi Party. [10] She contested the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency as an INC candidate for a seat in the Parliament of India in 2014 but finished third, with the winner being Varun Gandhi of the BJP. [11]

In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections, Sinh contested the Amethi constituency as an INC candidate and had Garima Singh as one of her opponents, standing for the BJP. The BJP hoped to win the seat by exploiting local sympathy for Garima, who is a relative of V. P. Singh, a former Prime Minister of India. [8] Both women named Sanjay Singh as their spouse in their election affidavits, and it was Garima who won the contest. BJP spokespeople claimed the result was indeed one based on elector's feelings about the long-running family drama. [10] In July 2019, Ameeta Singh along with her husband Sanjaya Sinh joined Bharatiya Janata Party. [12]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rahul Gandhi</span> Indian politician (born 1970)

Rahul Rajiv Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024. He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019 and is the chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress, the National Students Union of India, and a trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. He is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi political family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ram Naik</span> Indian politician

Ram Naik is a veteran Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, served as the 19th Governor of Uttar Pradesh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amethi</span> Town in Uttar Pradesh, India

Amethi is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the Amethi district. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. Amethi was 72nd district of Uttar Pradesh which came into existence on 1 July 2010 by merging three tehsils of the erstwhile Sultanpur district namely Amethi, Gauriganj and Musafirkhana and two tehsils of the erstwhile Raebareli district, namely, Salon and Tiloi. The town is part of the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency and Amethi Assembly constituency, which became reputed as a stronghold of the Indian National Congress party. The Congress leaders belonging to Nehru-Gandhi family won several elections from Amethi during 1980–2014. In 2019, Smriti Irani of Bhartiya Janta Party won this seat. Irani was defeated in 2024 by Kishori Lal Sharma of Indian National Congress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maneka Gandhi</span> Indian politician (born 1956)

Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, animal rights activist and environmentalist. She was a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the widow of Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, most recently in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Varun Gandhi</span> Indian politician (born 1980)

Feroze Varun Gandhi is an Indian politician who has been a three time Member of Parliament for Lok Sabha from the Pilibhit constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was inducted into Rajnath Singh's team in March 2012 as General Secretary. He belongs to the Nehru–Gandhi family, which has occupied a prominent place in the politics of India since a time before the country's independence in 1947.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Syed Modi</span> Indian badminton player (1962–1988)

Syed Modi, born as Syed Mehdi Hassan Zaidi, was an Indian badminton singles player. He was eight-time National Badminton champion (1980–1987). His most notable achievement at the international badminton circuit came in the form of men's singles title at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. He also won three other international titles, namely Austrian International and USSR International, both of which were European Badminton Circuit tournaments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna</span> Indian politician (1919–1989)

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Indian general election</span> Election to Indias National Parliament through direct election

General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 election. Around 23.1 million or 2.71% of the total eligible voters were aged 18–19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested the 543 elected Lok Sabha seats. The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.40%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections until 2019 election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amethi Lok Sabha constituency</span> Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India

Amethi is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This constituency covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967. Like its neighbouring constituency Rae Bareli, it is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was elected in 1967 and held his seat in the next election in 1971. In the 1977 election, Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party became its MP. Singh was defeated in 1980 by Sanjay Gandhi of the INC. Later the same year, Gandhi died in a plane crash. This forced a by election in 1981 which was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi. Gandhi went on to represent this constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The subsequent by election held the same year was won by Satish Sharma of the INC. Sharma was re-elected in 1996. Sanjaya Sinh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated Sharma in the 1998 election. The widow of Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi represented this constituency from 1999 to 2004. Her son, Rahul Gandhi, was elected in 2004. He was the fourth MP from the Nehru–Gandhi family since 1980 to represent the seat. Gandhi held the seat till the 2019 election when he was defeated by a margin of 55,000 votes by the BJP's Smriti Irani. Irani was defeated in 2024 by a margin of over 1.67 lakh votes by Kishori Lal Sharma of the Indian National Congress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sanjaya Sinh</span> Indian politician

Sanjaya Sinh, also known as Sanjay Singh, is an Indian politician and a former member of the Rajya Sabha. He was twice elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh during the 1980s and held state ministerial posts. In 1990, he became a member of the upper house of the Parliament of India, which is known as the Rajya Sabha, and in 1998 he was elected to the lower house, called the Lok Sabha. His term in the 12th Lok Sabha session lasted until the following year. Subsequently, in 2009, he was successful in obtaining a second term in that house as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Sultanpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the state of Assam in the Rajya Sabha. He resigned from Rajya Sabha and Indian National Congress to join Bharatiya Janata Party on 30 July 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amethi district</span> District in Uttar Pradesh, India

Amethi is one of the 75 districts of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. It covers an area of 2,329.11 km2. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election</span>

The 2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election followed as a result the expiration of the five-year term of the previous legislature elected in Uttar Pradesh, India. The election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held in seven phases from 8 February through 3 March 2012. Uttar Pradesh has the world's largest population for a sub-national democracy. The incumbent chief minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, which previously won an absolute majority of seats, was defeated by Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, which gained an absolute majority in the election. Mulayam's son and Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav was nominated as chief minister by the party.

The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major political parties in India. The prominent members of the party are the president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Priyanka Gandhi. INC took part in the elections alongside other members of the United Progressive Alliance. On the fourth anniversary of the second United Progressive Alliance government, the INC announced that its campaign for the election would be led by Prime minister Manmohan Singh, party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sudhanshu Trivedi</span> Indian politician

Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi is an Indian politician and former professor. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of Parliament from its Upper House, the Rajya Sabha. Trivedi is the Senior National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Aditi Singh is an Indian politician and a state legislator from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. She is serving as a member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Rae Bareli Sadar constituency of Uttar Pradesh, having won the seat in 2017 and 2022, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly. She became one of the youngest MLAs in Uttar Pradesh upon winning her first election in 2017.

Garima Singh is an Indian politician and was a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. Singh represented the Amethi Vidhan Sabha constituency, which is in Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amethi Assembly constituency</span> Vidhan Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh

Amethi is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, that covers the city of Amethi in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the five assembly constituencies which fall under Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.

Ravindra Pratap Singh was an Indian politician associated with Jana Sangh, Janata Party, and BJP. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh defeating Sanjay Gandhi in the 1977 Indian general election as member of the Janata Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rakesh Pratap Singh</span> Indian politician

Rakesh Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Gauriganj constituency. He is a member of Samajwadi Party. Singh was elected for the first time in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh election, an accomplishment he repeated in 2017. He resigned on 31 October 2021 citing "non-fulfilment of promises" by the government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election</span> State election in India

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.

References

  1. ↑ Naqvi, L. H. (18 February 2002). "Political mood in Nehru-Gandhi land". The Tribune. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Mathur, Swati (3 August 2014). "Battle royal in Amethi". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Weinraub, Bernard (28 August 1988). "India Murder Scandal Mixes Sex and Politics". New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. ↑ myneta (April 2017). "AMEETA SINGH(Criminal & Asset Declaration)". myneta. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Rai, Manmohan (20 September 2014). "Royal feud: 50-year-old Bhupati Bhavan Palace in Amethi locked in inheritance battle". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. 1 2 Srivastava, Piyush (12 February 2017). "'Queens' & knight in Amethi battle". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "List of Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh, Sultanpur" (PDF). sultanpur.nic.in. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  8. 1 2 Pathak, Vikas (17 February 2017). "Star wars in Amethi: Amita versus Garima". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sanjay Singh comes full circle". The Times of India . 21 August 2003. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 Agha, Eram (11 March 2017). "Riding Garima Singh's 'Sympathy Wave', BJP Storms Gandhi Bastion". News18.
  11. ↑ "Election Results 2014: BJP Leader Varun Gandhi Wins From Sultanpur". NDTV. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Former Amethi royal Sanjay Sinh, wife Ameeta join BJP". DNA. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.