Dushyant Singh

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Dushyant Singh
MP Dushyant Singh Dholpur with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Baran.png
Singh in Baran, 2021
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 May 2009
Residence(s) New Delhi, Delhi, India [1]
Education The Doon School
Alma mater St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA)
Johnson & Wales University (MBA)
Website dushyantsingh.in
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Dushyant Singh (born 11 September 1973; Hindi pronunciation: [d̪ʊʃ.jən̪t̪sɪŋgʱ] ) is an Indian politician and businessman. Singh is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for the fifth time. [2] [3] The son of Vasundhara Raje Scindia, who served twice as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Singh was first elected from the Jhalawar constituency and has since been re-elected from the Jhalawar–Baran constituency. [4] [3]

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Education

Singh was educated at The Doon School in Dehradun. [5] He received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a Master of Business Administration, focusing on hotel management, from Johnson & Wales University in the United States. [6]

Political career

Singh entered politics in 2004 after being persuaded by his mother, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [4] He won his first election and was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2004 from the Jhalawar constituency in Rajasthan. [3]

In 2009, Singh won his second Lok Sabha election from the Jhalawar–Baran constituency, despite an Indian National Congress electoral wave in Rajasthan. [7] In 2014, Singh won a Lok Sabha seat for a third time in a landslide victory. [8] His third Lok Sabha victory made Singh one of BJP's senior-most parliamentarians. [9] In 2019, Singh won his Lok Sabha seat for the fourth time in a row. [10] In 2024, Singh won his fifth consecutive Lok Sabha election. [11]

Personal life and family

Singh is married to Niharika Raje and they have two children; one son and one daughter. [12] Singh's mother, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, twice served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan and also served as a Minister in the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. [13] Singh's father, Hemant Singh, was the last Mahraj-Rana of Dholpur. [14] Singh is the maternal grandson of Maharaja Jivaji Rao Scindia and Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior, and the paternal grandson of Pratap Singh Nabha, the last Maharaja of Nabha. [15] [14]

Singh's wife, Niharika Raje, is the daughter of Ranjeet Singh Judeo, a politician and a member of the former royal family of Samthar State, and Ganga Rajya Laxmi, a member of the former Rana dynasty of Nepal. [16] [15]

References

  1. ↑ Official government profile
  2. ↑ "Dushyant Singh wins". NDTV.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dushyant Singh". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 Parihar, Rohit; Deka, Kaushik (26 June 2015). "Dushyant Singh faces investigation over Rs 11 crore he received from Lalit Modi". India Today. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Tewari, Ruhi (19 December 2018). "In a first, 3 Doon alumni are CMs, all from the same powerful era". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Dushyant Singh". India Today. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "302 of 543: 20% jump in LS first-timers". The Times of India. 6 June 2009. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Raje Accomplishes 'Mission 25' With Whitewash for Congress". The New Indian Express. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Singh, Bhanu Pratap (17 May 2014). "Election Results: Dushyant's seniority among state MPs planned to get ministry berth?". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Vasundhara Raje's son Dushyant wins Jhalawar-Baran seat in Rajasthan". India Today. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Jhalawar - Baran Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". India Today. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Singh, Shri Dushyant". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "All you need to know about Vasundhara Raje, Rajasthan's former CM from BJP". Business Standard. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Dholpur Palace row: Government continues to back Vasundhara Raje". India Today. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  15. 1 2 Mohan, Archis (2 July 2015). "Newsmaker: Dushyant Singh". Business Standard. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Dushyant Singh". India Today. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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