Sanjay Singh | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 28 January 2018 | |
President | |
Chairman of the House | |
Preceded by | Karan Singh |
Constituency | National Capital Territory of Delhi |
Personal details | |
Born | Sultanpur,Uttar Pradesh,India | 22 March 1972
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Other political affiliations | Samajwadi Party (until 2007) |
Spouse | Anita Singh |
Children | 2 |
Education | Diploma in Mining Engineering |
Profession | Politician |
Website | sanjaysingh |
Sanjay Singh (born 22 March 1972) is an Indian politician who has served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Delhi since 2018. He is the national spokesperson for the Aam Aadmi Party and the state-in-charge for Uttar Pradesh,Odisha and Rajasthan. Singh has been a senior leader of the party since its inception in November 2012 and is a member of the party's foremost decision-making body,the Political Affairs Committee (PAC).
In October 2023,he was arrested by ED on allegations of money laundering and his role in excise policy. Even after 6 months of custody,ED falied to prove their allegations and he was granted bail by Supreme Court. [1] Earlier,he challenged ED to arrest him and enquire his role. He joined hands with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his apolitical campaigns from the Right To Information campaign in 2006 to the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement led by social activist Anna Hazare. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha on 8 January 2018 from the state of Delhi. [2]
He formed the Azad Samaj Seva Samiti in Lucknow in 1994. He claims to have worked towards providing employment opportunities to the poor. Singh has time and again been associated with movements related to hawkers and managed to raise their issues at different platforms. [3] [4] He is a part of the National Hawkers' Federation as well.
He has been a fellow companion of socialist leader Raghu Thakur of the Democratic Socialist Party and participated in various welfare and socialist conferences and movements along with him. Singh also proffered his services for disaster relief operations in Gujarat,Uttarakhand,Jammu and Kashmir,Tamil Nadu and Nepal. He later carried on the legacy of Anna Hazare's 2011 Anti-Corruption movement countrywide. [5]
He accused Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia of being complicit with the drug trade and not doing enough to control the menace in Punjab. In turn,Majithia filed a defamation suit against him,Arvind Kejriwal and Ashish Khetan. [6] Later,AAP president Arvind Kejriwal apologised to Majithia for his party's slander against him. [7] He was also the Delhi state-in-charge for the elections.
In January 2018,he took an oath as a Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi. [8]
Singh has remained active in the Parliament since 2018 and is known for his statements against issues in the country. He is a member of the Standing Committee and Consultative Committee on Urban Development,a member of the Silk Board of India and a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group on Latin American Countries (LAC). He is a former member of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel. He has participated in several important debates including the Rafale deal for which a 5000 crore defamation suit was filed against him by Anil Ambani group Reliance Defence. Singh also raised discrepancies involving the operational One Stop Centres in the country and the respective fund allocations across the states. Singh has raised concerns related to child deaths due to malnutrition,prevention of child trafficking,stringent punishments for sexual abuse of children amongst others and was felicitated with the PGC Award by UNICEF India in 2020 for his efforts. [9]
During Delhi 2020 elections he was made the campaign in-charge along with Pankaj Gupta who was made the campaign director. [10] Singh's parliamentary statistics show his exemplary record in the parliament. He has raised 228 starred and un-starred questions in the parliament and introduced 3 Private Member Bills. He has further participated in 142 debates in his tenure of over two years.
In his term as an MP,Singh has provided various works to be carried out in his constituency from his MPLADs fund. In 2018 he donated one crore rupees from MPLAD along with one month of salary towards the Kerala Flood Relief. Some other development activities undertaken by him include the provision of an ambulance in the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi,and placing street lights and dustbins across Delhi.
In January 2023 special court in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh sentenced him 3 months of jail term in January 2013 for an old case filed in 2001. He is currently out on bail. [11]
He is also an accomplice in Delhi Liquor scam alongside his party member and Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia. He has been named in the chargesheet filed by ED in the court. [12]
On the passing of the farm bills in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon session 2020,Singh showed his strong dissent against the "unconstitutional" passing of the bills and called them "Black Laws" for farmers. [13] Sanjay Singh along with seven other members were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for their "unruly behavior" in the house by tearing documents,breaking mics and allegedly heckling the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The event occurred after the three farmer bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha. [14] [15]
He walked out of Tihar jail after six months on April 3,2024 and hit out at the BJP,saying it has inducted all corrupt leaders and that it was time to give a reply to the party. [16]
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