Jai Pratap Singh

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Jai Pratap Singh
Minister of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded bySidharth Nath Singh
Succeeded byBrajesh Pathak
Minister of Excise & Liquor Prohibition,
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byRam Naresh Agnihotri
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byLalji Yadav
ConstituencyBansi
In office
1989–2007
Preceded byHarish Chandra Srivastava
Succeeded byLalji Yadav
ConstituencyBansi
Personal details
Born (1953-09-07) 7 September 1953 (age 71)
Dumraon, Bihar, India
Political partyBharatiya Janta Party
Spouse
Basundhara Kumari
​
(m. 1983)​
Children2
Parent
  • Rudra Pratap Singh (father)
Residence(s)Rajmahal (Bansi), Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materKC 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]

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]

Posts held

# From To Position Comments
01 1989 1991 Member, 10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
02 1991 1992 Member, 11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
03 1993 1995 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
04 1996 2002 Member, 13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
05 2002 2007 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
06 2012 2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
07 2017 Incumbent Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
08 2017 Incumbent Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh

References

  1. ^ "Council of Ministers". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Member Profile" (PDF). Legislative Assembly official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "candidate affidavit". myneta.info. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. ^ "LIST OF BJP CANDIDATES FOR ENSUING GENERAL ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2017 OF UTTAR PRADESH". BJP official website. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Member Profile 2017". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Minister of Excise Jai Pratap Singh". Uttar Pradesh Excise Department official website. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  8. ^ Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 17 September 2019.