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'''Hukum Singh''' (5 April 1938 – 3 February 2018) was an [[India]]n politician. He served as the Member of Parliament from [[Kairana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kairana]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/hukumsingh|title=PRS|website=www.prsindia.org|accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was a member of the Panel of Chairpersons of the 16th Lok Sabha,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/ShowPanelofChairperson.aspx?fmane=panel_chairmen.pdf|title=Parliament of India, Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194|accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref> and the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Water Resources.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=44&tab=1|title=Committee : Loksabha|website=164.100.47.192|access-date=2018-02-04|archive-date=2019-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065358/http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=44&tab=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Kairana]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Hukum Singh
| image        = Hukum Singh.jpg
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1938|4|5|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Kairana]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| residence    = [[Kairana, Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2018|2|3|1938|4|5|df=y}}<ref name=ToIobit/>
| death_place  = [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]], India
| office        = [[Member of parliament]] <br /> for [[Kairana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kairana]]
| term_start    = 1 September 2014
| term_end      = 3 February 2018
| constituency  = [[Kairana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kairana]]
| term          =
| occupation    = [[Politician]]
| predecessor  = [[Begum Tabassum Hasan]]
| successor    = Begum Tabassum Hasan
| party        = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (1996-2018) <br /> [[Indian National Congress]] (1974-1996)
| religion      =
| spouse        = Rewati Singh
| parents      =
| children      = 5
| alma_mater    = [[Allahabad University]] (LL.B)
| website      =
| footnotes    =
| date          = 17 December
| year          = 2016
| source        = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4593
| office2      =
| predecessor1  =
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'''Hukum Singh''' (5 April 1938 – 3 February 2018)<ref name=ToIobit>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.com/india/bjp-mp-hukum-singh-passes-away/articleshow/62771923.cms|title=BJP MP Hukum Singh passes away - Times of India|website=timesofindia.com|access-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> was an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament from Kairana in [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/hukumsingh|title=PRS|website=www.prsindia.org|access-date=3 February 2018|date=25 October 2016}}</ref> as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) candidate. He was a member of the Panel of Chairpersons of the [[16th Lok Sabha]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/ShowPanelofChairperson.aspx?fmane=panel_chairmen.pdf|title=Parliament of India, Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194|access-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> and the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Water Resources.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=44&tab=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065358/http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=44&tab=1 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Singh died of [[respiratory arrest]] in [[Noida]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] on 3 February 2018 at the age of 79.<ref name=ToIobit>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.com/india/bjp-mp-hukum-singh-passes-away/articleshow/62771923.cms|title=BJP MP Hukum Singh passes away - Times of India|website=timesofindia.com|accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref>
== Life ==
Singh was born in a [[Gurjar]] family of Chauhan clan in [[Kairana]]. He was previously elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for seven terms (1974–77,1980–89,1996-2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4593|title=Members : Lok Sabha|work=47.194|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref> He has also served as a [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet Minister]] in Uttar Pradesh governments under both BJP and the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kairana-row-lawyer-mp-hukum-singh-and-now-author-of-exodus-in-up-2853456/|title=Kairana row: Hukum Singh – Lawyer, MP, and now author of 'exodus' in UP|date=15 June 2016|work=indianexpress.com|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hukum-Singh-1965-veteran-Congressman-during-Emergency-and-Ram-Temple-movement-and-now-a-BJP-MP/articleshow/52758678.cms|title=Hukum Singh: 1965 veteran, Congressman during Emergency and Ram Temple movement and now a BJP MP - Times of India|website=indiatimes.com|access-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> He died on 3 February 2018 at a private hospital in Noida, Uttar Pradesh after suffering from severe breathing difficulties for a brief period.
 
==Education and political career==
A law graduate from [[Allahabad University]], he cleared [[PCS (J)]] [[exams]] in 1963. But instead of becoming a [[judicial officer]], he joined the [[Indian Army]] as a [[Commissioned Officer]] after 1962 [[Indo-China war]]. He participated in the 1965 Pakistan war as a captain, in the [[Poonch (town)|Poonch]] and [[Rajouri]] sectors in [[Kashmir]]. He then took voluntary retirement and started practising law in [[Muzaffarnagar]] in 1969.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} He entered active politics in 1974, becoming an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the first time on a [[Congress]] ticket. He went on to win Assembly elections seven times and held the post of [[deputy speaker]] of the Assembly from 1983 to 1985. He won his fourth term, as a [[BJP]] candidate, in 1996 and his first [[Lok Sabha]] elections in [[2014 Indian general election|2014]].
 
==Controversies==
In September 2013, he was named in an [[First Information Report|FIR]] related to the Muzaffarnagar riots because he attended the [[mahapanchayat]] which was held despite prohibitory orders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lHXpPE-s6I|title=I didn't incite violence in Muzaffarnagar: BJP MLA Hukum Singh|work=youtube.com|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref> He refuted allegations of inciting communal tensions by saying that he did not make any inflammatory speech and only attempted to calm down the assembled crowd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IWVwXvEcXo|title=Made speech, wasn't inflammatory: Hukum Singh, linked to Muzaffarnagar violence|last=NDTV|date=9 September 2013|access-date=24 January 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref> In June 2016, he released a list of [[Hindu]] families and alleged that there had been a mass exodus of [[Hindus]] from his constituency due to the law and order situation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/06/17/docile-hindus-become-easy-targets-the-shifting-claims-of-huku/|title='Docile Hindus Become Easy Targets': The Shifting Claims Of Hukum Singh, MP|work=huffingtonpost.in|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindi.news18.com/news/politics/%E2%80%8Bbjp-mp-gives-list-of-346-families-who-left-kairana-to-support-his-exodus-claim-488397.html|title=कैराना को कश्मीर बनाने की साजिश, पलायन कर गए 346 हिंदू परिवारः हुकुम सिंह– News18 हिंदी|work=news18.com|access-date=24 January 2017|date=9 June 2016}}</ref> His claims were later partially validated by a report of the [[National Human Rights Commission]] (NHRC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Exodus-of-Hindu-families-from-Kairana-a-reality-finds-NHRC-probe-report/articleshow/54451892.cms|title=Exodus of Hindu families from Kairana a reality, finds NHRC probe report - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref> However, later even the BJP accepted that the alleged Hindu exodus didn't take place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/on-kairana-bjp-lawmakers-u-turn-its-not-a-hindu-muslim-issue-1418763|title=Calling It Hindu Exodus A Mistake By My Team: BJP MP On Kairana|work=NDTV.com|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> Another report contradicted the NHRC findings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/fake-xodus-reports-dispute-bjps-claims-on-kairana-exodus-after-door-to-door-probe-2833464.html|title=Fake-xodus? Reports dispute BJP's claims on 'Kairana exodus' after probe - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
 
==Parliamentary performance==
Being the son of a farmer father, he understood and concerned himself with important issues related to farmers, education and infrastructure. He had participated in more debates than the national average and asked significant questions in the parliament to bring attention towards problems affecting the people of his constituency.<ref name="prsindia.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/hukumsingh|title=PRS|work=prsindia.org|access-date=24 January 2017|date=25 October 2016}}</ref> Besides being the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Water Resources, he was a Member of the Consultative Committee, [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] and also a Member of the General Purposes Committee.
 
Apart from participating in public meetings and mass movements for the cause of [[social justice]], Singh was also very active on social media<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/hukumbjp|title=Hukum Singh (@hukumbjp) - Twitter|work=twitter.com|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref> and in the parliament.<ref name="prsindia.org"/>


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Latest revision as of 23:38, 7 December 2021


For Rao Raja Hukum Singh Rathore, see Death of Hukum Singh.

Hukum Singh (5 April 1938 – 3 February 2018)[1] was an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh[2] as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. He was a member of the Panel of Chairpersons of the 16th Lok Sabha,[3] and the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Water Resources.[4]

Hukum Singh
File:Hukum Singh.jpg
Member of parliament
for Kairana
In office
1 September 2014 – 3 February 2018
Preceded byBegum Tabassum Hasan
Succeeded byBegum Tabassum Hasan
ConstituencyKairana
Personal details
Born(1938-04-05)5 April 1938
Kairana, United Provinces, British India
Died3 February 2018(2018-02-03) (aged 79)[1]
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janta Party (1996-2018)
Indian National Congress (1974-1996)
Spouse(s)Rewati Singh
Children5
ResidenceKairana, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materAllahabad University (LL.B)
OccupationPolitician
As of 17 December, 2016
Source: [1]

LifeEdit

Singh was born in a Gurjar family of Chauhan clan in Kairana. He was previously elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for seven terms (1974–77,1980–89,1996-2014).[5] He has also served as a Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh governments under both BJP and the Congress.[6][7] He died on 3 February 2018 at a private hospital in Noida, Uttar Pradesh after suffering from severe breathing difficulties for a brief period.

Education and political careerEdit

A law graduate from Allahabad University, he cleared PCS (J) exams in 1963. But instead of becoming a judicial officer, he joined the Indian Army as a Commissioned Officer after 1962 Indo-China war. He participated in the 1965 Pakistan war as a captain, in the Poonch and Rajouri sectors in Kashmir. He then took voluntary retirement and started practising law in Muzaffarnagar in 1969.[citation needed] He entered active politics in 1974, becoming an MLA for the first time on a Congress ticket. He went on to win Assembly elections seven times and held the post of deputy speaker of the Assembly from 1983 to 1985. He won his fourth term, as a BJP candidate, in 1996 and his first Lok Sabha elections in 2014.

ControversiesEdit

In September 2013, he was named in an FIR related to the Muzaffarnagar riots because he attended the mahapanchayat which was held despite prohibitory orders.[8] He refuted allegations of inciting communal tensions by saying that he did not make any inflammatory speech and only attempted to calm down the assembled crowd.[9] In June 2016, he released a list of Hindu families and alleged that there had been a mass exodus of Hindus from his constituency due to the law and order situation.[10][11] His claims were later partially validated by a report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).[12] However, later even the BJP accepted that the alleged Hindu exodus didn't take place.[13] Another report contradicted the NHRC findings.[14]

Parliamentary performanceEdit

Being the son of a farmer father, he understood and concerned himself with important issues related to farmers, education and infrastructure. He had participated in more debates than the national average and asked significant questions in the parliament to bring attention towards problems affecting the people of his constituency.[15] Besides being the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Water Resources, he was a Member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs and also a Member of the General Purposes Committee.

Apart from participating in public meetings and mass movements for the cause of social justice, Singh was also very active on social media[16] and in the parliament.[15]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "BJP MP Hukum Singh passes away - Times of India". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "PRS". www.prsindia.org. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Parliament of India, Lok Sabha" (PDF). 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Members : Lok Sabha". 47.194. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kairana row: Hukum Singh – Lawyer, MP, and now author of 'exodus' in UP". indianexpress.com. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hukum Singh: 1965 veteran, Congressman during Emergency and Ram Temple movement and now a BJP MP - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "I didn't incite violence in Muzaffarnagar: BJP MLA Hukum Singh". youtube.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. ↑ NDTV (9 September 2013). "Made speech, wasn't inflammatory: Hukum Singh, linked to Muzaffarnagar violence". Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "'Docile Hindus Become Easy Targets': The Shifting Claims Of Hukum Singh, MP". huffingtonpost.in. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "कैराना को कश्मीर बनाने की साजिश, पलायन कर गए 346 हिंदू परिवारः हुकुम सिंह– News18 हिंदी". news18.com. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Exodus of Hindu families from Kairana a reality, finds NHRC probe report - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Calling It Hindu Exodus A Mistake By My Team: BJP MP On Kairana". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Fake-xodus? Reports dispute BJP's claims on 'Kairana exodus' after probe - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "PRS". prsindia.org. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Hukum Singh (@hukumbjp) - Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Tabassum Hasan 		Member of Parliament
for Kairana
2014 – 2018 		Succeeded by
Tabassum Hasan
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