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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|07|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh]], India
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| office = Member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = March 2017
| constituency = [[Chunar (Assembly constituency)|Chunar]]
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| party = [[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
| nationality = Indian
| profession = Politician
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'''Anurag Singh''' (Born 24 April 1971) is an [[Indian politician]] and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly, [[Uttar Pradesh]] of India. He represents the [[Chunar]] constituency in [[Mirzapur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.news18.com/news/politics/chunar-election-results-2017-anurag-singh-of-bjp-wins-1358885.html| title=Chunar Election Results 2017: Anurag Singh of BJP Winsl | newspaper= [[News 18]] }}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
He completed his primary education in [[Varanasi]]. He pursued B.A. from DAV Varanasi. Later, he did his MBA from [[Bundelkhand University]].

== Political career ==
Anurag Singh belongs to a political family of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. His father, Om Prakash Singh had been [[cabinet minister]] in [[Kalyan Singh]] government as well as state president of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/prominent-leaders-ensure-bjp-tickets-stay-in-family/articleshow/56768314.cms | title=Prominent leaders ensure BJP tickets stay in family | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>

Anurag Singh contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election as [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate and defeated [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate Jagtamba Singh Patel by a margin of 62,228 votes. He joined [[Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh]] (RSS) in the year 1989 as Swayam Sewak. He became "Mukhya Shikshak" in the RSS in 1990 and later, he joined [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]] and became vice president of DAV unit. In the year 2008, he became member of State Working Committee of [[Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha]].

He contested parliamentary election from [[Mirzapur]] in 2009 from BJP, but did not get victory. In the year 2010, he became member of BJP state working committee of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/election-news/story/ls-polls-bjp-throws-in-the-towel-in-up-40755-2009-02-28| title=LS polls: BJP throws in the towel in UP | newspaper=[[India Today]] }}</ref>

== Political movements ==
During Ram Janmbhoomi Andolan in 1991, Anurag Singh painted several walls of [[Varanasi]], for which he got arrested. He was the first to be arrested at midnight 2 a.m. in this protest.

== Posts held ==
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || 2017 || Present || Member of Legislative Assembly ||
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|}

==See also==
* [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Chunar (Assembly constituency)]]
* [[Mirzapur]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janta Party]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bundelkhand University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Mirzapur]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–]]

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