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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name         = Dhan Singh Negi
| name             = Dhan Singh Negi
| native_name      = धन सिंह नेगी
| honorific-prefix =  
| honorific-prefix =  
| image         =  
| image           = Dhan Singh Negi1.jpg
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1970|05|04|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Present members Date of Birth |url=https://www.ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/display/246-present-members |website=Vidhan Sabha, Uttarakhand |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=HI}}</ref>
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1970|05|04|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Present members Date of Birth |url=https://www.ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/display/246-present-members |website=Vidhan Sabha, Uttarakhand |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=HI}}</ref>
| birth_place   = Palcot, Patti Lamridhar, [[Tehri Garhwal District|Tehri Garhwal]], Uttar Pradesh (now in [[Uttarakhand]]), India
| birth_place     = Palkot, Patti Lamridhar, [[Tehri Garhwal District|Tehri Garhwal]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now in [[Uttarakhand]]), India
| office        = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for Tehri
| office1          = [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor  = [[Dinesh Dhanai]]
| constituency1      = [[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]]
| term_start    = 12 March 2017
| predecessor1    = [[Dinesh Dhanai]]
| term_end     =
| successor1      = [[Kishore Upadhyaya]]
| party         = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| term_start1      = 12 March 2017
| profession   = Politician
| term_end1        = 10 March 2022
| education     = [[Master of Physics]], [[Bachelor of Education]]
| office2          = Chairman for [[Aanchal Milk Cooperative Society|Aanchal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucdfaanchal.org/milkunions/tehri-dugdh-utpadak-sahakari-sangh-ltd|title=Tehri Dugdh Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Ltd.|website=ucdfaanchal.org}}</ref>
| alma_mater   = [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]]
 
| website       = {{url|https://dhansinghnegi.com/|Official website}}
| term_start2     = 2009
| term_end2        = 2012
| party           = [[Indian National Congress]] (since 2022)
| otherparty      = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (until 2022)
| profession       = Politician
| education       = [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]][[Physics|(Physics)]], [[Bachelor of Education|B.Ed.]]
| spouse          = {{Marriage|Anita Negi|2000}}
| children        = 2
| alma_mater       = [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]]
| residence        = [[New Tehri]], [[Uttarakhand]]
[[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]]
| website         = {{url|https://dhansinghnegi.com}}
}}
}}


'''Dhan Singh Negi''' is an Indian politician and member of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Tehri]] [[constituency]] in [[Tehri Garhwal district]]. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/uttarakhand2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=16|title=Dhan Singh Negi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- TEHRI(TEHRI GARHWAL) – Affidavit Information of Candidate|last=ADR|website=myneta.info}}</ref>
'''Dhan Singh Negi''' is an Indian politician who was a member of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] from 2017 to 2022 representing the [[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]] constituency in [[Tehri Garhwal district]]. Previously affiliated to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), he switched to the [[Indian National Congress]] party (INC) in early 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uttarakhand BJP MLA Dhan Singh Negi Switches Over To Congress|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uttarakhand-assembly-polls-bjp-mla-from-tehri-dhan-singh-negi-joins-congress-2732536|access-date=2022-01-28|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/uttarakhand2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=16|title=Dhan Singh Negi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- TEHRI(TEHRI GARHWAL) – Affidavit Information of Candidate|last=ADR|website=myneta.info}}</ref> Negi is a well known leading voice and social change of Tehri. For more than two decades, he has been associated with social service and politics. In the 2017 state assembly elections, he defeated [[Dinesh Dhanai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttarakhand/tehri/|title=2017 Tehri - Uttarakhand Assembly Election Winner|website=India.com}}</ref> then Cabinet Minister by a large margin.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Negi was born in Palcot, a remote village in Patti Lamridhar, Uttar Pradesh (now [[Uttarakhand]]), India. His education included a [[Master of Physics]] at [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]] and a [[Bachelor of Education]] teaching qualification. He was awarded an [[honorary degree]] of [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in 2019.
Dhan Singh Negi was born in 1970 as the youngest child of a poor family in Palkot, a remote village in Patti Lamridhar, [[Tehri Garhwal]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now [[Uttarakhand]]), India. His education includes a [[Master of Physics]] at [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]] and a [[Bachelor of Education]] teaching qualification. He was awarded an [[honorary degree]] of [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in 2019.


==Career==
==Career==
Negi was chairman of the Aanchal Milk Cooperative Society in Tehri Garhwal between 2009 and 2012. He was elected to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in 2017, defeating the incumbent, [[Dinesh Dhanai]], a cabinet minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttarakhand/tehri/|title=2017 Tehri - Uttarakhand Assembly Election Winner|website=India.com}}</ref>
Negi resigned as a lecturer of Physics in order to concentrate on social service. His personal experiences and hardships made him determined to work towards the poor. He was a member of [[Badrinath Temple|Badri]]-[[Kedarnath Temple|Kedar]] Temple Committee and was chairman of the Aanchal Milk Cooperative Society in Tehri Garhwal from 2009 to 2012. He was elected to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in 2017, receiving 20,896 votes, defeating [[Dinesh Dhanai]], then cabinet minister by a margin of 6,840 votes and made a lot of developments in Tehri as a political leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/uttarakhand/assembly-constituencies/2017-election-results.html|title=Uttarakhand Assembly Election Results in 2017|website=elections.in}}</ref>
In April 2017 he declared that he would donate half of his salary to support the marriages of daughters of widows, disabled and poor people.<ref>{{cite web|language=HI|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/tehri/tehri-mla-dhan-singh-negi-launches-new|title=Tehri MLA Dhan Singh Negi Launches New - टिहरी विधायक धन सिंह नेगी ने की नई शुरूआत|website=amarujala.com}}</ref>


He sits on the Public Sector Units & Municipal Oversight and the Information Technology Policy committees of the Uttarakhand Assembly. Negi is a member of the board of [[Doon University]] and the Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board.
He also presided over the Public Sector Units & Municipal Oversight and the Information Technology Policy committees of the [[Uttarakhand Assembly]]. Negi is a member of the board of [[Doon University]] and the Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board.


==Elections contested==
==Positions held==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Description
|-
| 2009-2012
| Elected as Chairman for Aanchal Milk Corporative Society (1st term)
|-
| 2017-2022
| Elected to [[Fourth Uttarakhand Assembly|4th Uttarakhand Assembly]] (1st term)
* Member - Committee of Public Sector Units & Municipal Oversight
* Member - Committee of Information Technology Policy
* Member - [[Doon University]] & Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board
|-
|}


==Legislative Assembly Elections contested==
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!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition vote percentage
!width=70|Opposition vote percentage
|-
|[[2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2022]]|| [[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]] ||{{Lost}}|| TBD || [[Kishore Upadhyaya]] || [[BJP]] ||TBD
|-
|-
|[[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017]]|| [[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]] ||{{Won}}|| 47.6% || [[Dinesh Dhanai]] || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || 32.03%  
|[[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017]]|| [[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]] ||{{Won}}|| 47.6% || [[Dinesh Dhanai]] || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || 32.03%  
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[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:People from New Tehri]]
[[Category:People from New Tehri]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Garhwali people]]

Latest revision as of 18:36, 28 June 2022


Dhan Singh Negi
धन सिंह नेगी
File:Dhan Singh Negi1.jpg
Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
12 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
Preceded byDinesh Dhanai
Succeeded byKishore Upadhyaya
ConstituencyTehri
Chairman for Aanchal[1]
In office
2009–2012
Personal details
Born (1970-05-04) 4 May 1970 (age 55)[2]
Palkot, Patti Lamridhar, Tehri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand), India
Political partyIndian National Congress (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party (until 2022)
Spouse(s)
Anita Negi
(
m. 2000)
Children2
ResidenceNew Tehri, Uttarakhand Dehradun, Uttarakhand
EducationM.Sc.(Physics), B.Ed.
Alma materHemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
ProfessionPolitician
Websitedhansinghnegi.com

Dhan Singh Negi is an Indian politician who was a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022 representing the Tehri constituency in Tehri Garhwal district. Previously affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he switched to the Indian National Congress party (INC) in early 2022.[3][4] Negi is a well known leading voice and social change of Tehri. For more than two decades, he has been associated with social service and politics. In the 2017 state assembly elections, he defeated Dinesh Dhanai,[5] then Cabinet Minister by a large margin.

Early life and education[edit]

Dhan Singh Negi was born in 1970 as the youngest child of a poor family in Palkot, a remote village in Patti Lamridhar, Tehri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand), India. His education includes a Master of Physics at Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University and a Bachelor of Education teaching qualification. He was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2019.

Career[edit]

Negi resigned as a lecturer of Physics in order to concentrate on social service. His personal experiences and hardships made him determined to work towards the poor. He was a member of Badri-Kedar Temple Committee and was chairman of the Aanchal Milk Cooperative Society in Tehri Garhwal from 2009 to 2012. He was elected to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in 2017, receiving 20,896 votes, defeating Dinesh Dhanai, then cabinet minister by a margin of 6,840 votes and made a lot of developments in Tehri as a political leader.[6] In April 2017 he declared that he would donate half of his salary to support the marriages of daughters of widows, disabled and poor people.[7]

He also presided over the Public Sector Units & Municipal Oversight and the Information Technology Policy committees of the Uttarakhand Assembly. Negi is a member of the board of Doon University and the Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board.

Positions held[edit]

Year Description
2009-2012 Elected as Chairman for Aanchal Milk Corporative Society (1st term)
2017-2022 Elected to 4th Uttarakhand Assembly (1st term)
  • Member - Committee of Public Sector Units & Municipal Oversight
  • Member - Committee of Information Technology Policy
  • Member - Doon University & Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board

Legislative Assembly Elections contested[edit]

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
2022 Tehri Lost TBD Kishore Upadhyaya BJP TBD
2017 Tehri Won 47.6% Dinesh Dhanai Independent 32.03%
2012 Tehri Lost 24.3% Dinesh Dhanai Independent 28.8%

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Tehri Dugdh Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Ltd". ucdfaanchal.org.
  2. ↑ "Present members Date of Birth". Vidhan Sabha, Uttarakhand (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Uttarakhand BJP MLA Dhan Singh Negi Switches Over To Congress". NDTV.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ↑ ADR. "Dhan Singh Negi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- TEHRI(TEHRI GARHWAL) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  5. ↑ "2017 Tehri - Uttarakhand Assembly Election Winner". India.com.
  6. ↑ "Uttarakhand Assembly Election Results in 2017". elections.in.
  7. ↑ "Tehri MLA Dhan Singh Negi Launches New - टिहरी विधायक धन सिंह नेगी ने की नई शुरूआत". amarujala.com (in हिन्दी).
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