Jai Pratap Singh

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Basundhara Kumari
(m. 1983)
Jai Pratap Singh
Minister of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 25 March 2022
Children2
Parent
  • Rudra Pratap Singh (father)
Residence(s)Rajmahal (Bansi), Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater KC College (B. A.)
ProfessionPolitician
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Jai Pratap Singh (born 7 September 1953) 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. [1] 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. [2] [3] [4]

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Personal life

Singh was born on 7 September 1953 to Raja Rudra Pratap Singh in Dumraon, Bihar. [2] 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. [2] [3] [5]

Political career

Jai Pratap Singh has been a MLA seven straight times. Since 1989, he represented the Bansi (Assembly constituency) as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. [3] [2]

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 for seventh time, he was appointed 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]

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0119891991Member, 10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
0219911992Member, 11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
0319931995Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
0419962002Member, 13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
0520022007Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
0620122017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
072017IncumbentMember, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
082017IncumbentCabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh

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