Bipin Singh (politician)

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
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| name = Bipin Singh
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| constituency = [[Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency)|Gorakhpur Rural]]
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = March 2017
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| predecessor = [[Vijay Bahadur Yadav]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|03|10}}
| birth_place = [[Gorakhpur]], Uttar Pradesh
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| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| residence = Garaiya, [[Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh|Gorakhpur]], Uttar Pradesh
| alma_mater = [[Gorakhpur University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]])
| occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
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'''Bipin Singh''' (also rendered as '''Vipin Singh'''<ref name="UPVS"/>) is an [[India]]n politician and a member of [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] of [[India]]. He represents the [[Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency)]] in [[Gorakhpur district]] of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher= my neta.info|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4816|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/bipin-singh/|title=Bipin Singh MLA of Gorakhpur Rural|website=nocorruption.in|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-rural/|title=Gorakhpur Rural – Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017|website=www.india.com|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Singh was born 10 March 1968 in [[Gorakhpur]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to father Ambika Singh. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Gorakhpur University]] in 1988. Singh married Kusum Devi on 12 July 1992, with whom he has a son and a daughter.<ref name="UPVS">{{cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/web/guest/member?memberId=19726|title=Member Profile|work=official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>

==Political career==
Singh started his political journey as ''[[block pramukh]]'', a post which he held in Kaudiram for 10 consecutive years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=सदस्य उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_hi.aspx#/Data/12680/17|access-date=6 June 2020|website=uplegisassembly.gov.in}}</ref> In [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections]], he got ticket by [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency)]]. He elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] by defeating [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate [[Vijay Bahadur Yadav]] by a margin of 4,410 votes.<ref name="2017 result">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/gorakhpur-rural.html|title=Gorakhpur Rural Election Results 2017|work=elections.in|access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref>

In March 2017, Singh offered his seat for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister [[Yogi Adityanath]], as he had to become a member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council within six months to stay as the Chief Minister of the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.patrika.com/gorakhpur-news/bjp-mla-vipin-singh-offer-his-constituency-seat-for-adityanath-yogi-news-in-hindi-1534709/|title=आदित्यनाथ योगी के लिए इस विधायक ने अपनी सीट छोड़ने का रखा प्रस्ताव|work=Patrika|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newstrack.com/uttar-pradesh/bjp-mla-bipin-singh-gorakhpur-resigns-post-yogi-adityanath/|title=BJP MLA from Gorakhpur resigns from his post for Yogi Adityanath|website=newstrack.com|access-date=1 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201093242/http://newstrack.com/uttar-pradesh/bjp-mla-bipin-singh-gorakhpur-resigns-post-yogi-adityanath/|archive-date=1 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Posts held==
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| 01 || March 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||<ref name="2017 result"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/gorakhpur-rural-election-results-2017-bipin-singh-of-bjp-leading-1358718.html|title=Gorakhpur Rural Election Results 2017: Bipin Singh of BJP Leading|work=News18|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>
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[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
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[[Category:People from Gorakhpur district]]
[[Category:1968 births]]

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