Ajay Singh (Karnataka politician)

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{{Short description|Indian politician in Karnataka (born 1974)}}
{{For|the Madhya Pradesh politician also known as Ajay Singh|Ajay Arjun Singh}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ajay Singh
| honorific-prefix = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| office = [[Indian Youth Congress|General Secretary of Youth Congress of Karnataka]]
| alt =
| image = AJAY SINGH.jpg
| office1 = [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 12 March 2020
| term_end1 = 30 January 2022
|successor1 = [[U. T. Khader]]
| constituency2 = [[Jevargi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jewaragi]]
| office2 = Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Jewaragi
| term_start2 = May 2013
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Doddappagouda Shivalingappagouda Patil
| successor2 =
| term_start3 = 1999
| term_end3 = 2009
| office3 = [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly,Karnataka]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Gulbarga, Karnataka]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Shwetha [[Ajay Singh (Karnataka politician)|Ajay Singh]]
| party = [[File:Hand INC.svg|25px]][[Indian National Congress]]
| father = [[N. Dharam Singh|Dharam Singh]] (father) Prabhavati Singh (mother)
| relations = Vijay Singh (Elder Brother), Priyadarshini Singh (Sister), Narayan Singh (Grandfather), Padmavathi Singh (Grandmother)
| children = Saina Singh (daughter), Arhaan Jai Singh (son)
| alma_mater = M.S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore
| occupation = Politician, Social Worker, Medical doctor
| profession = Agriculturist
| education = [[MBBS]]
}}
'''[[Doctor (title)|Dr]]. Ajay [[Dharam Singh]]''' is an Indian politician who is the current Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from [[Jevargi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jevaragi constituency]] and [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from 12 March 2020. He is the son of former [[chief minister]] (Karnataka) Dharam Singh.

After completion of his [[M.B.B.S.]] degree, he founded Accident Relief Care in Bangalore in 2000. Accident Relief Care is a service-oriented organisation providing necessary insurance to the accident victims. Around 50000 accident victims have been helped by his organisation all over India.

He got involved in social service activities from 2005 onwards. He organised the first health camp at Jewargi in 2005. The health camp is being organised every year at Jewargi from 2005 onwards. Around 30,000 people benefited from these health camps. He founded the Dharam Singh Foundation, an [[NGO]] in 2007. The Dharam Singh Foundation provides free ambulance service to the Jewargi taluka people from 2007 onwards.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/gulbarga-gets-free-ambulance/article2015124.ece Gulbarga gets free ambulance]</ref> Presently there are eight ambulances available round the clock for the service of Jewargi taluka people.

Dr. Ajay Singh is an avid sportsman. During his college life he regularly participated in volleyball and cricket. In [[Ten-pin bowling|tenpin bowling]], he represented India at the Doha Asian Games, World Championships and Asian indoor meet. He also captained Karnataka to its maiden national tenpin bowling team title in 2007. Currently he is the vice-president of the Tenpin Bowling Federation (India).

He was the general secretary, [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth congress]] Karnataka from 1999 to 2009. He became [[Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee|KPCC]] member in the year 2005. In 2010, Gulbarga South by-election was held due to sudden demise of the sitting BJP MLA Chandrasekhar Patil Revnoor.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/selection-of-party-candidates-for-byelection-under-way/article575232.ece Selection of party candidates for byelection under way]</ref> Dr. Ajay Singh took the challenge to fight the election from Congress in this unknown turf. He was defeated by the widow of the late MLA by a narrow margin.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article302710.ece Revoor family retains Gulbarga South]</ref> He took the charge of election campaigning and management for his father, [[N. Dharam Singh|Mr. Dharam Singh]], in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 parliament election]] from [[Bidar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bidar]]. Mr. Dharam Singh won the election by 39619 votes. He led the Congress team in Jewargi Taluk in 2010 local body election. In the election, Congress won 4 Zila panchayat seats out of 6 available seats and 14 taluk panchayat seats out of 22 available seats. He became a unanimous choice of the MLA candidate in the 2013 assembly election. In [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2013 assembly election of Karnataka]], he defeated the sitting BJP MLA, Dodapagouda by 36700 votes from [[Jevargi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jewargi]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131217103338/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-09/others/39142169_1_ajay-singh-n-dharam-singh-jewargi Perfect strike for Ajay Singh]</ref> This is the highest margin in the [[Gulbarga]] district and 3rd best margin in the overall Hyderabad-Karnataka region.

== Personal life ==
Dr. Ajay Singh was born in [[Gulbarga district|Gulbarga, Karnataka]], to [[N. Dharam Singh|Mr. Dharam Singh]] and Mrs. Prabhavathi. He completed M.B.B.S (1992 Batch) from M.S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore. Dr. Ajay Singh is married to Shwetha Singh. The couple has a daughter Saina Singh and a son Arhaan Jai Singh.

== Political career ==
* General secretary [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth congress]], 1999–2009.
* Active participation in political activities at Jewargi since 1999.
* Became a [[Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee]] member in 2005.
* Election campaigning and management for Dharam Singh in the 2009 parliament election, Bidar leading to his victory by 39619 votes.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article119593.ece Political rebirth for Dharam]</ref>
* Contested by-election from Gulbarga south in 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100906005421/http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/02/stories/2010090257770300.htm Ajay Singh all set for maiden run]</ref>
* Led the Congress team in Jewargi Taluk in 2010 local body election. In the election, Congress won 66.66% Zila panchayat seats and 63.63% taluk panchayat seats.
* Member of the Legislative Assembly, [[Jevargi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jewargi]], Gulbarga District, Karnataka, since May 2013

== Social welfare ==
* Founded Accident Relief Care, Bangalore 2000 to provide necessary support to the accident victims.
* Organized the first health camp, Jewargi 2005. The health camp is being organised every year at Jewargi from 2005 onwards. Around 30,000 people have been helped from these health camps so far.
* Founded the Dharam Singh Foundation, Jewargi 2007. It provides free ambulance service to the Jewargi taluka people from 2007 onwards. Presently there are eight ambulances available round the clock for the service of Jewargi taluka people.

== Sports activities ==
* Represented India in Asian Championship, Bangkok 2003 in ten pin bowling.
* Represented India in World Championship, Malaysia 2004 in tenpin bowling.
* One of six team members at the [[Asian Games 2006|Doha Asian Games, 2006]] in tenpin bowling.
* Captain of the national team at the [[2007 Asian Indoor Games|indoor Asian games, Macua 2007]] in tenpin bowling
* He is the presently vice-president of the Tenpin Bowling Federation (India).

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ourkarnataka.com/profiles/iview_ajaysingh.htm An Interview with Dr. Ajay Singh]

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