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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| image = The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation (7).jpg<br />
| office = [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 2 August 2016<br />
| term_end = 20 January 2020<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| constituency = [[Haryana]]<br />
| term_start1 = 29 November 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 1 August 2016<br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = <br />
| constituency1 = [[Haryana]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2 August 2010<br />
| term_end2 = 28 August 2014<br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
| successor2 = <br />
| constituency2 = [[Haryana]]<br />
| office3 = [[Ministry of Steel|Minister of Steel]]<br />
| primeminister3 = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| term_start3 = 5 July 2016<br />
| term_end3 = 14 April 2019<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]<br />
| office4 = [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj|Minister of Panchayati Raj]]<br />
| primeminister4 = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| term_start4 = 9 November 2014<br />
| term_end4 = 5 July 2016<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Nitin Gadkari]]<br />
| successor4 = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]<br />
| office5 = [[Minister of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]]<br />
| primeminister5 = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| term_start5 = 9 November 2014<br />
| term_end5 = 5 July 2016<br />
| predecessor5 = [[Nitin Gadkari]]<br />
| successor5 = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]<br />
| office6 = [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation|Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation]]<br />
| primeminister6 = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| term_start6 = 9 November 2014<br />
| term_end6 = 5 July 2016<br />
| predecessor6 = [[Nitin Gadkari]]<br />
| successor6 = [[Ramesh Jigajinagi]], [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]<br />
| office7 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start7 = 1984<br />
| term_end7 = 1989<br />
| predecessor7 = [[Mani Ram Bagri]]<br />
| successor7 = [[Jai Parkash]]<br />
| constituency7 = [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|25|df=y}}<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (1972–2014) <br> [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (2014–present)<br />
| children = 2, including [[Brijendra Singh (BJP politician)|Brijendra Singh]]<br />
| spouse = [[Premlata Singh]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ch. Birender Singh''' (born 25 March 1946) is a senior Indian political leader and a well-known face in Haryana Politics. He previously served as Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Sanitation & Drinking Water from 2014 to 2016 and later as the [[Ministry of Steel|Union Minister of Steel]] from 2016 to 2019 in the [[Narendra Modi]] led NDA Government in [[India]].<br />
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Birender Singh is the grandson of great peasant leader [[Sir Chhotu Ram]]. His father Chaudhary Neki Ram was a politician in joint [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. After being associated with the [[Indian National Congress]] for over 42 long years, Chaudhary Birender Singh declared joining the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 16 August 2014 in a political rally organized in [[Jind]], [[Haryana]] in the presence of President of the BJP, [[Amit Shah]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-17/chandigarh/40027133_1_union-cabinet-uchana-birender-singh | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630224429/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-17/chandigarh/40027133_1_union-cabinet-uchana-birender-singh | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-06-30 | work=[[The Times of India]] |title = Haryana abuzz after Birender Singh's name dropped from Union Cabinet &#124; Chandigarh News}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Singh comes from a socially, politically, and economically influential family. His grandfather [[Sir Chhotu Ram]] was an iconic peasant leader in India and Pakistan.<ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/birender-singh-a-towering-jat-leader-in-haryana/articleshow/45087605.cms</ref> He graduated from [[Neki Ram Sharma Government College|Government College, Rohtak]] and completed his law degree at [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]]. During this development, Singh was active in sports, captaining the district. Jind cricket team 1964–67 and playing with Punjab University Team (1969–70).<br />
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Birender Singh married [[Premlata Singh]] on 9 June 1970. [[Premlata Singh]] has been a member of the legislative assembly of [[Haryana]] representing [[Uchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uchana Kalan]] constituency from 2014 to 2019.<ref name=hr>[http://www.elections.in/haryana/assembly-constituencies/hansi.html 2014 Haryana Results]</ref><ref name=ceo3>{{Cite web |url=http://ceoharyana.nic.in/?module=pages&pageid=63 |title=CEO results |access-date=26 May 2019 |archive-date=16 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616183617/http://ceoharyana.nic.in/?module=pages&pageid=63 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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His son [[Brijendra Singh (BJP politician)|Brijendra Singh]] was previously a bureaucrat who served as an IAS officer of 1998 Batch and was posted in [[Haryana]] for 21 years. He elected as [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]] in [[2019 Indian general election]].<ref>{{citation |title=Hisar Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Hissar): Brijendra Singh of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/hisar-election-results-2019-live-updates-hissar-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2153215.html |work=[[News18]] |date=26 May 2019 }}</ref><br />
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== Political life ==<br />
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Birender Singh contested his first election in 1972 & from 1972–77, he was the Chairman, Block Samiti [[Uchana]]. He contested the legislative assembly election in 1977 from [[Uchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uchana Kalan]] constituency on [[Indian National Congress]] ticket and won the seat with a sizeable margin, despite a strong anti-congress wave in the country. This made him a star political figure in India overnight.<br />
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Birender Singh has been a five times legislator for [[Haryana]] from [[Uchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uchana constituency]] (1977–82, 1982–84, 1994–96, 1996–2000 and 2005–09) and served three terms as Cabinet Minister in Haryana.<br />
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Ch. Birender Singh has also served the country as a [[Member of Parliament|Parliamentarian]] 3 times. In 1984, Ch. Birender Singh was elected as Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Hissar Constituency, after defeating [[Om Prakash Chautala]] by a giant margin. In 2010, Birender Singh was elected as Congress [[MP Rajya Sabha]] from Haryana for a 6 years term (2010–16).<br />
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Birender Singh joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 29 August 2014, after tendering his resignation from the [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|membership]] of [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament]] of [[India]] on 28 August 2014.<br />
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In November 2014, Ch. Birender Singh took oath as a Cabinet Minister, Govt. Of India. He was given the charge of the [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ministry of Rural Development]], [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] and [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation]]. He was re-election to [[Rajya Sabha]] for the third time on 11 June 2016<br />
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In July 2016, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the [[First Modi ministry|Narendra Modi ministry]], Chaudhary Birender Singh replaced [[Narendra Singh Tomar]] as the [[Ministry of Steel|Steel Minister]].<ref>{{cite news|title=No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/no-more-a-people-ministry-for-birender-singh-now-the-steel-minister-116070700006_1.html|access-date=8 July 2016|work=Business Standard|date=6 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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Birender Singh resigned as the member of the union cabinet minister before [[2019 Indian general election]] as the BJP decided to field his son [[Brijendra Singh (BJP politician)|Brijendra]] from [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]] parliamentary constituency.<ref>[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/steel-minister-birendra-singh-resigns/article26834570.ece Steel Minister Birendra Singh resigns]</ref><ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/birender-singh-offers-to-resign-from-cabinet-rajya-sabha/article26834607.ece Birender Singh offered to resign from the Union Cabinet as well as Rajya Sabha]</ref><br />
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== Positions held ==<br />
Singh has held numerous key positions. He was Chairman, Govt. Assurances Committee (1978–79) and Chairman, Estimates Committee (1981–82), Haryana.<br />
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He has also served on the Estimates Committee (1985–87) & Consultative Committee for Ministry of Defense (1987–89) and Consultative Committee for Ministry of Energy (1987–91), Government of India.<br />
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Birender Singh served as the chairman, Standing Committee of Parliament on Human Resource, Women & Child Development, Youth & Sports ministry from Sept 2013 to April 2014.<br />
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On the political front, Birender Singh has been entrusted with many key responsibilities. He was made the President of HPCC in 1990 and led congress to a landslide victory in 1991. In 2014, he was made the general secretary of AICC in charge of poll-bound states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Ch. Birender Singh led the party to victory in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh elections, which were fought under his guidance.<br />
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He was the Union Minister of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj,Drinking Water and Sanitisation from 2014 to 2016, and Union Minister of Steel from 2016 to 2019 respectively under the Modi Government.<br />
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