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| | name = Umashankar Singh
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| | image = Umashankar singh mla.png
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| | constituency2 = [[Rasara (Assembly constituency)|Rasara]], [[Ballia district|Ballia]]
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| | office = <small>[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for</small> <br/> [[Rasara (Assembly constituency)|Rasara]]
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| | term_start = March 2017
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| | term_start2 = March 2012
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| | term_end2 =March 2017
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| | predecessor2 = Ghoora Ram
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| {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|01|02}}
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| | birth_place =Khanwar, [[Ballia district|Ballia]], Uttar Pradesh<ref name="UPVS">{{cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19747|title=Member Profile|work=official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
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| | nationality = Indian
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| | party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
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| | residence = 2/3 Vipul Khand, [[Gomti Nagar]], [[Lucknow district|Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| | occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
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| '''Umashankar Singh''' is an Indian politician and a member of 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Rasara constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/rasara.html|title=Rasara Election Results 2017|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/bsp-mla-to-move-high-court-against-his-disqualification/articleshow/56657429.cms|title=BSP's Rasra MLA Uma Shankar Singh to move High Court against his disqualification by Governor Ram Naik|work=Times of India|date=19 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=390|title=candidate affidavit|work=myneta.info|accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref>
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| ==Early life and education==
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| Umashankar Singh, a [[Rajput]], born in a farmer family in Khanwar a village of [[Rasra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] completed his basic education in government schools and joined Satish Chand College ballia. He started his career as a student leader and contested student union election in SC college in year 1991 and won the election by highest margin ever.
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| ==Political career==
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| Umashankar Singh contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 2017 as Bahujan Samaj Party candidate and defeated his close contestant Ram Iqbal Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 33,887 votes.
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| He won 2012 Assembly election against Sangram Singh Yadav by a large margin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.patrika.com/varanasi-news/bsp-mla-umashankar-singh-untold-story-1487749/|title=ठेकेदार से विधायक बनते ही विरोधियों की आंखों की किरकिरी बन गए थे उमाशंकर सिंह|work=Patrika|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
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| ==As a Social Worker==
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| He is one of the most famous Politician of Ballia, Most followed politician in UP Eastern region people love him, calls him garibon ka messiah, he has contributed a lot to the society, in February 2016 he organized group marriages of 351 Hindu, Muslim couples which in itself is a record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/13802-group-marriages-of-hindu-and-muslim-couples-in-ballia|title=Group marriages of Hindu and Muslim couples in Ballia|website=www.milligazette.com|accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref>
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| Since 1 January 2017, MLA Umashankar Singh started free 40 wi-fi hotspots for the public to use, all free of cost in [[Rasra]], [[Ballia]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/bsp-mla-to-give-free-wi-fi-to-his-constituency/articleshow/56264642.cms|title=BSP MLA to give free Wi-Fi to his constituency|work=Times of India|date=31 December 2016}}</ref>
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| | 01 || March 2012 ||March 2017 || Member, [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly]] ||<ref name="2012 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 2012 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=18 December 2018|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}</ref>
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| | 02 ||March 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/UP/10.Detailed%20Results.pdf|title=Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result|website=Election Commission of India|accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
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| ==References==
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Umashankar}}
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| [[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
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| [[Category:1971 births]]
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