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'''Sarita Singh''' is an Indian politician, who is the incumbent president of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti,( CYSS ) the student's wing of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP). She was a member of the [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] and represented [[Rohtas Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rohtas Nagar (Assembly constituency)]] of Delhi. Singh is also a social worker.

==Personal life and education==
Sarita Singh is the daughter of Awadesh Kumar Singh. After completing her [[Master of Arts]] (M. A.) in [[Sociology]] from the [[Delhi University]] (DU), Sarita Singh focussed on social work. She was aged 28 years in February 2015. Singh is a resident of Ram nagar, which is part of the Rohtas Nagar assembly constituency she represents. She is a Purvanchali, belonging to the [[Purvanchal]] area, which comprises Eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]].<ref name="purva">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aap-woos-purvanchal-voters/article6841172.ece | title=AAP woos Purvanchal voters | work=The Hindu | date=31 January 2015 | accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref>

==Political career==
Sarita Singh is the president of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti, the student's wing of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP).<ref name="PTI">{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aap-names-8-more-nominees-completes-list-for-delhi-assembly-elections/521012-37-64.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105162645/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aap-names-8-more-nominees-completes-list-for-delhi-assembly-elections/521012-37-64.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 January 2015 | title=AAP names 8 more nominees, completes list for Delhi Assembly elections | work=CNN IBN | date=3 January 2015 | agency=PTI | accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref>

Singh was the six female M.L.A.s elected to [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] by winning the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|February 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections]]. All of them were from the AAP.<ref name="huff">{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/02/10/delhi-assembly-elections_n_6651324.html | title=6 Women Candidates Who Won Delhi Elections | work=Huffington Post | date=2015-02-10 | accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref> AAP won 67 of 70 seats in the assembly. Singh won from the [[Rohtas Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rohtas Nagar (Assembly constituency)]], securing 62,209 votes. She defeated the sitting M.L.A. Jitender Mahajan (Jitender Kumar) of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) by a margin of 7,874 votes.<ref name="ec">{{cite web | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU054.htm | title=Election Result | publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA | accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210143352/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=1 |date=2015-02-10 }}</ref> Mahajan had defeated Mukesh Hooda of the AAP by a margin of more than 14,000 votes in the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|previous Delhi Legislative Assembly elections]] in 2013.<ref name="huff"/>

During the election campaign, Singh's car was attacked and damaged with iron rods and wooden clubs by a group of unidentified miscreants in North east Delhi, in the night while she was on the way home.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-02-03/news/58751776_1_delhi-polls-aap-north-east-delhi | title=Delhi polls: AAP candidate Sarita Singh's car attacked | work=Economic Times | date=3 February 2015 | accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Hindu]]'' noted that she was fielded by the AAP to appease the large migrant population from Purvanchal.<ref name="purva"/>

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==See also==
{{Portal|India|Politics}}
*[[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
*[[Aam Aadmi Party]]

== References ==
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Controversy: [http://janpaksh.com/?p=272 Two voter I Card of AAP MLA]

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