Amrendra Pratap Singh

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Amrendra Pratap Singh
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Minister of Agriculture
Government of Bihar
In office
16 November 2020 –9 August 2022
Residence(s) Arrah, Bihar, India

Amrendra Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly serving as a minister in the Government of Bihar. He is the grandson of Harihar Singh, the former Chief Minister of Bihar.

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Early and personal life

Singh was born in Chaugain village of the Shahabad district (now in Buxar) to Harihar Singh also known as Bihari Ji Singh. His grand father was a freedom fighter and the Chief Minister of Bihar and his elder brother Mrigendra Pratap Singh was the Finance minister and speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. [2]

Political career

Singh joined Jana Sangh in the state of Bihar as an associate of Raghubar Das, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan, he also took part in the JP Movement. After split of the Jana Sangh faction from Janata Party, he too joined the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party. He was granted candidacy by the BJP to contest six consecutive elections [3] of which he got elected on four occasions. [4] Between 2000–2015, he was the representative of the Arrah constituency. [5] He was also made the deputy speaker of the assembly from 2012–2015. [6] In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he lost his seat to Mohammad Nawaz Alam of the RJD. He won his seat back in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on a BJP ticket supported by NDA defeating his nearest rival of MGB with an impressive margin. He was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry for the first time.

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  1. ↑ "बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha (in Hindi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Tiwari, Pradeep Kumar (22 June 2015). "बिहार की सियासत में 'फैमिली फर्स्ट'" [Family first in rulership of Bihar]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "BJP MLA Amrendra Pratap Singh faces tough questions in his constituency Arrah". The Economic Times . 24 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Anwar, Tarique (19 October 2015). "Bihar polls: In ancient Bhojpur, wounds of the past will determine voting behaviour". Firstpost . Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India .
  6. ↑ "Amrendra Pratap Singh elected deputy speaker of Bihar assembly". Business Line . Press Trust of India. 7 August 2012.
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