Rajendra Singh Patel

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Rajendra Singh Patel''' is an Indian politician. He is a former [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] and minister.

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rajendra Singh Patel
| image =
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]]
| constituency = [[Bindki (Assembly Constituency)|Bindki]]
| predecessor = Amarjeet Singh
| successor = Amarjeet Singh
| term_start = 1996
| term_end = 2002
| office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Rural Development, Uttar Pradesh
| constituency2 = [[Bindki (Assembly Constituency)|Bindki]]
| term_start2 = 23 April 1998
| term_end2 = 18 January 2002
}}

In 1996, he was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bindki (Assembly Constituency)|Bindki]] on a [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] ticket.<ref name="bindki">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bindki.html |title=Bindki (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017 |website=elections.in |accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> However, in February 1998 he was among the five BSP MLAs who joined the [[Jantantrik Bahujan Samaj Party]] and voted in support of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate [[Kalyan Singh]] for the post of Chief Minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/28kalyan.htm |title=Kalyan may coopt five rebel BSP members into cabinet |publisher=rediff.com |date=28 February 1998 |accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> Patel was rewarded with a minister portfolio, serving as Minister of Rural Engineering Service<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/23upteam.htm |title=Jantantrik ministers given portfolios |publisher=rediff.com |date=23 April 1998 |accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> and later as Minister of Rural Development. He resigned in January 2002, after the BJP announced it would field its own candidate for the Bindki seat in the 2002 Assembly polls.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Three-UP-ministers-resign-after-denial-of-tickets/articleshow/2062028662.cms |title=Three UP ministers resign after denial of tickets |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|date=18 January 2002 |accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref>

Patel nevertheless contested the Bindki seat in 2002 on behalf of the [[Lok Janshakti Party]], but finished second.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=686&cid=270 |title= Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2002 / Constituency: Bindki (270) |website=empoweringindia.org |accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> For the 2007 and 2012 Assembly elections, he was the BJP candidate from Bindki, but lost on both occasions to Sukhdev Prasad Verma of the BSP. He did not contest the 2017 election.Rajendra have two boy child named as Rahul and Rohit, Rahul is working in TCS as software engineer and Rohit is deputed as Junior Engineer in DMRC Organisation.<ref name="bindki"/><ref>{{cite news|language=hi |url=http://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/fatehpur/rajendra-landed-in-support-of-bjp |title=राजेंद्र के समर्थन में उतरे भाजपाई |newspaper=Amar Ujala |date=24 January 2017 |accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Lok Janshakti Party politicians]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]

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