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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion<br />
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 2012<br />
| term_end = <br />
| constituency = [[Khanpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Khanpur]]<br />
| predecessor = Constituency created<br />
| constituency1 = [[Laksar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Laksar]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2002<br />
| term_end1 = 2012<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Muhammad Muhiuddin]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Sanjay Gupta (politician)|Sanjay Gupta]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(2016–19)}} {{small|(2020–Present)}}<br />[[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(2007–16)}}<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|4|6|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gangtok, Sikkim|Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]], India<br />
| parents = [[Narendra Singh (politician)|Narendra Singh]] (father)<br />
| spouse = Kunwarani Devyani Singh<br />
| children = [[Divye Pratap Singh]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Divye Pratap Singh shoots gold in Thailand Championship|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/divye-pratap-singh-shoots-gold-in-thailand-championship/story-DZW7tKG9E5vtvKk4vo3GcN.html|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=Hindustan Times|date=17 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kunwar Divye Pratap Won Gold Medal In Shooting Competition|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-kunwar-divya-pratap-won-gold-medal-in-shooting-competition-16878946.html|accessdate=10 May 2018|work=Jagran|date=17 October 2017}}</ref><br />
| website = http://pranavchampion.in<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kunwar Pranav Singh 'Champion'''' (born 6 April 1966). He is the descendant of Ram Dayal Singh and "First Freedom Fighter" Vijay Singh who belongs to Kunja Bahadurpur Riyasat, that was formed in the 18th-century.He is a Member of the Legislative assembly of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] in India. He was suspended by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leadership after his video goes viral in which he was dancing with guns and . But he is back in the party again. He was previously associated with Congress. He is elected for the fourth consecutive time and is one of the senior [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]. He has also served as a cabinet-rank official in the previous [[Government of Uttarakhand|state governments]] under the [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief-Ministership]] of [[N. D. Tiwari]], [[Vijay Bahuguna]] & [[Harish Rawat]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Singh contested from [[Khanpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Khanpur]] at the [[2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2012 legislative assembly election]] as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). In May 2016, along with eight other legislators, he revolted against the [[Harish Rawat]]-led INC government in the State.<ref>{{cite news|title=Champion's somersaults in Haridwar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/uttarakhand-2017/Champion%E2%80%99s-somersaults-in-Haridwar/article17298111.ece|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=14 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Will Kunwar be Champion 4th time?|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/will-kunwar-be-champion-4th-time/357081.html|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=The Tribune|date=31 January 2017}}</ref> Around this time, he quit the INC and joined the BJP. He was disqualified as a legislator under the anti-defection law only to be elected from the BJP after the [[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017 election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Champion-Shah meet sparks controversy in state BJP|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/champion-shah-meet-sparks-controversy-in-state-bjp/articleshow/62920988.cms|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=The Times of India|date=14 February 2018}}</ref> He was suspended for 3 months from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 23, June 2019, following his feud with another lawmaker Deshraj Karanwal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pranav Singh Champion suspended for 3 months |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/champion-suspended-for-3-months/articleshow/69908773.cms |website=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |access-date=23 June 2019}}</ref> <br />
On 11 July 2019, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] extended the suspension of Pranav Singh Champion for an indefinite period because he appeared in a controversial video which showed him dancing with guns and comparing the size of the state he represents to his genitals. The video went viral on social media, causing embarrassment to the party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-suspends-gun-toting-uttarakhand-mla-kunwar-pranav-singh-champion-for-indefinite-period-1567064-2019-07-11|title=BJP suspends gun-toting Uttarakhand MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion for indefinite period|last=DehradunJuly 11|first=Press Trust of India|last2=July 11|first2=2019UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12|last3=Ist|first3=2019 20:23}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Dehradun district]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2002–2007]]<br />
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2007–2012]]<br />
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022]]<br />
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