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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (died 2021)}}<br />
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| name = Vinod Kumar Singh<br />
| image = Vinod Kumar alias Pandit Singh.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1962|01|07}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gonda district|Gonda]], Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|05|07|1962|01|07}}<br />
| death_place = [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| constituency = <br />
| office = Cabinet Minister<br />[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Anand Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Kunwar Anand Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Surya Pratap Shahi]]<br />
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
| spouse = Sona Singh<br />
| children = <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 17 September 2019<br />
| source = <br />
| office1 = Minister of State<br />[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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| constituency1 = <br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
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| successor1 = <br />
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| term_start1 = 2013<br />
| term_end1 = 2015<br />
| term_start2 = 2012<br />
| term_end2 = 2012<br />
| constituency2 = <br />
| parents = <br />
| 1blankname1 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname1 = Ministry & Department's<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<br />
| 2namedata1 = *Secondary Education<br />
| office3 = <br />
| office4 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start3 = 2003<br />
| term_end3 = 2007<br />
| term_start4 = 2012<br />
| term_end4 = 2017<br />
| constituency4 = <br />
| 1blankname3 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname3 = Ministry & Department's<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]<br />
| 2namedata3 = *Medical Education<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Mohammad Jalil Khan]]<br />
| successor4 = [[Prateek Bhushan Singh]]<br />
| 1blankname = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname = Ministry & Department's<br />
| term_start = 2015<br />
| term_end = 2017<br />
| 1namedata = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<br />
| 2namedata = *Agriculture<br />
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| 2namedata4 = <br />
| term_start5 = 1996<br />
| term_end5 = 2007<br />
| predecessor5 = Tulsi Das Raichandani<br />
| successor5 = [[Mohammad Jalil Khan]]<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = <br />
| 1blankname2 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname2 = Ministry & Department's<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<br />
| 2namedata2 = *Revenue<br />
| constituency5 = [[Gonda Assembly constituency|Gonda]] <br />
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'''Vinod Kumar Singh alias Pandit Singh'''<ref name=":0" /> (7 January 1962 – 7 May 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=पूर्व मंत्री पंडित सिंह के निधन के बाद बेटे सूरज की भी तबीयत बिगड़ी, लखनऊ ले जाने की सलाह |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-after-the-death-of-former-minister-pandit-singh-son-suraj-s-health-deteriorated-advice-to-be-taken-to-lucknow-4018439.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Hindustan |language=hindi}}</ref>) was an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. A three-time legislator and a senior member of the [[Samajwadi Party]], Pandit Singh represented [[Gonda (Assembly constituency)|Gonda]] assembly constituency in the 13th, 14th and 16th [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<ref name="LucknowMay 7" /> which is the [[lower house]] of the [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He also served as a cabinet minister in the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh under the chief ministership of [[Akhilesh Yadav]]. He also contested the 2019 parliamentary elections from [[Gonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gonda]] but lost to [[Kirti Vardhan Singh]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref name="LucknowMay 7">{{Cite magazine |author=Samarth Srivastava |date=May 7, 2021 |title=Former UP cabinet minister Vinod Kumar Singh dies of Covid-19 complications |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/former-up-cabinet-minister-vinod-kumar-singh-dies-of-covid-19-complications-1799961-2021-05-07 |access-date=2022-03-03 |magazine=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He died on 7 May 2021 from [[COVID-19]] related complications at the age of 59 years.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/former-up-cabinet-minister-vinod-kumar-singh-dies-of-covid-19-complications-1799961-2021-05-07|title=Former UP cabinet minister Vinod Kumar Singh dies of Covid-19 complications|author=Samarth Srivastava |date=May 7, 2021 |magazine=India Today}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://specialcoveragenews.in/uttar-pradesh/gonda/former-minister-vinod-kumar-singh-pandit-singh-dies-due-to-corona-1153731|title=यूपी: सपा नेता व पूर्व मंत्री विनोद कुमार सिंह 'पंडित सिंह' का निधन, कोरोना से थे संक्रमित|first=Arun|last=Mishra|date=May 7, 2021|language=hi|website=specialcoveragenews.in}}</ref><br />
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A number of politicians including [[Hriday Narayan Dikshit]]- the then Speaker of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] and [[Akhilesh Yadav]]- national president of the [[Samajwadi Party]] have expressed grief at his demise.<ref name="LucknowMay 7"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-07 |title=सपा नेता और पूर्व मंत्री विनोद कुमार उर्फ पंडित सिंह का कोरोना से निधन, 20 दिन से चल रहा था इलाज |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-former-up-minister-vinod-kumar-alias-pandit-singh-died-of-corona-nodssp-3581009.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
His political career was started in 1995. In the year of 1996 for the first time he was elected as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]] of Gonda assembly constituency. In 2003 he was made the minister of state of Medical & Education in the cabinet of [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]. In the year of 2012 he was again elected as MLA of Gonda seat and served as Minister of Revenue in the cabinet of [[Akhilesh Yadav]]. In October 2013 he resigned from minister post and later he became Minister of Secondary Education of UP. In 2014 he contested from [[Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency]] and was defeated by [[Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh]] and later he served as Minister of Agriculture.<br />
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