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| residence = [[Kunda, India|Kunda]], [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name=Expressreport>Ramendra Singh (9 March 2013). [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-rajas-backyard/1085725/0 "The Raja's Backyard"]. ''[[The Indian Express]]''. Retrieved 11 March 2013.</ref> | | residence = [[Kunda, India|Kunda]], [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name=Expressreport>Ramendra Singh (9 March 2013). [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-rajas-backyard/1085725/0 "The Raja's Backyard"]. ''[[The Indian Express]]''. Retrieved 11 March 2013.</ref> | ||
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'''Raghuraj Pratap Singh''' (born 31 October 1969), popularly known as | '''Raghuraj Pratap Singh''' (born 31 October 1969), popularly known as '''Raja Bhaiya''', is an Indian politician. He is an independent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|M.L.A.]] from his native local assembly constituency [[Kunda (Assembly constituency) |Kunda]], Uttar Pradesh. | ||
On 16 November 2018, Singh announced he was forming his own party, the [[Jansatta Dal Loktantrik]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh: Kunda MLA Raja Bhaiyya announces new party, likely to field candidates in 2019 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/nov/16/uttar-pradesh-kunda-mla-raja-bhaiyya-announces-new-party-likely-to-field-candidates-in-2019-1899085.html |access-date=25 November 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 November 2018}}</ref> | On 16 November 2018, Singh announced he was forming his own party, the [[Jansatta Dal Loktantrik]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh: Kunda MLA Raja Bhaiyya announces new party, likely to field candidates in 2019 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/nov/16/uttar-pradesh-kunda-mla-raja-bhaiyya-announces-new-party-likely-to-field-candidates-in-2019-1899085.html |access-date=25 November 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 November 2018}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Singh was born on 31 October 1969 in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] in a [[Rajput]] family.<ref name=ProfileH>{{cite web |title=Members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/12244/17 |website=uplegisassembly.gov.in |access-date=18 August 2020|lang=hi}}</ref><ref name="ProfileE">{{cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info |url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19797 |website=www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/who-is-raja-bhaiya-1304359.html|title = Who is Raja Bhaiya?|date = 23 October 2016}}</ref> His father is Raja Uday Pratap Singh and hails from the royal [[Bhadri (estate)]] of [[Oudh]]. His grandfather [[Raja Bajrang Bahadur Singh]] was the founder vice-chancellor of [[G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology|Pant Nagar Agriculture University]] and later the second governor of [[Himachal Pradesh]] state.<ref name=Expressreport/> Raghuraj was the first in his family to enter politics; his father is largely a recluse. | Singh was born on 31 October 1969 in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] in a [[Rajput]] family.<ref name=ProfileH>{{cite web |title=Members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/12244/17 |website=uplegisassembly.gov.in |access-date=18 August 2020|lang=hi}}</ref><ref name="ProfileE">{{cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info |url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19797 |website=www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/who-is-raja-bhaiya-1304359.html|title = Who is Raja Bhaiya?|date = 23 October 2016}}</ref> His father is Raja Uday Pratap Singh and hails from the royal [[Bhadri (estate)]] of [[Oudh]]. His grandfather [[Raja Bajrang Bahadur Singh]] was the founder vice-chancellor of [[G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology|Pant Nagar Agriculture University]] and later the second governor of [[Himachal Pradesh]] state.<ref name=Expressreport/> Raghuraj was the first in his family to enter politics; his father is largely a recluse. His grand father had adopted his nephew [[Raja Uday Pratap Singh]] as his son.<ref name=Expressreport/> | ||
Singh graduated from [[University of Lucknow]] in 1989.<ref name="MyNeta">{{cite web |title=Raghuraj Pratap Singh(Independent(IND)):Constituency- KUNDA(PRATAPGARH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=3317 |website=myneta.info |access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> He married Bhanvi Kumari Singh on 15 February 1995, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.<ref name=ProfileH/><ref name="ProfileE"/> Singh is an agriculturalist by profession.<ref name="MyNeta"/> | Singh graduated from [[University of Lucknow]] in 1989.<ref name="MyNeta">{{cite web |title=Raghuraj Pratap Singh(Independent(IND)):Constituency- KUNDA(PRATAPGARH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=3317 |website=myneta.info |access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> He married Bhanvi Kumari Singh on 15 February 1995, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.<ref name=ProfileH/><ref name="ProfileE"/> Singh is an agriculturalist by profession.<ref name="MyNeta"/> | ||
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In the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], he was overwhelmingly elected from [[Kunda (Assembly constituency)|Kunda]] with a margin of nearly half the votes cast<ref name=eci>[[Election Commission of India]]: 2007 Uttar Pradesh state elections, [http://archive.eci.gov.in/May2007/pollupd/ac/states/S24/Aconst98.htm Results, constituency 98] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930084724/http://archive.eci.gov.in/May2007/pollupd/ac/states/S24/Aconst98.htm |date=30 September 2007 }}.</ref> over Shiv Prakash Mishra of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]. He had stood as an Independent. | In the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], he was overwhelmingly elected from [[Kunda (Assembly constituency)|Kunda]] with a margin of nearly half the votes cast<ref name=eci>[[Election Commission of India]]: 2007 Uttar Pradesh state elections, [http://archive.eci.gov.in/May2007/pollupd/ac/states/S24/Aconst98.htm Results, constituency 98] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930084724/http://archive.eci.gov.in/May2007/pollupd/ac/states/S24/Aconst98.htm |date=30 September 2007 }}.</ref> over Shiv Prakash Mishra of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]. He had stood as an Independent. | ||
He also wields considerable influence over five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh region, as well as some in neighbouring [[Bihar]]. In election rallies in this region where he is present, the actual candidate may never speak or even be mentioned in his speech; "they are all shadows. Raja Bhaiya, alone, is the substance." | He also wields considerable influence over five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh region, as well as some in neighbouring [[Bihar]]. In election rallies in this region where he is present, the actual candidate may never speak or even be mentioned in his speech; "they are all shadows. Raja Bhaiya, alone, is the substance."<ref>{{cite news|title =Election 2002: The secret of Raja Bhaiya's success|author=Prem Panicker |work=[[rediff.com]] |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2002/feb/20_upr_prem_spe_1.htm|date=20 February 2002|access-date=6 August 2007}}</ref> | ||
After the 2007 elections, when [[Mayawati]] swept to power with a majority, Raghuraj again came under the police radar. | After the 2007 elections, when [[Mayawati]] swept to power with a majority, Raghuraj again came under the police radar. | ||
===2017 Uttar Pradesh election results=== | ===2017 Uttar Pradesh election results=== | ||
In the 2017 Assembly election, Raghuraj Pratap Singh defeated his opponent Janki Sharan from the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] by a huge margin of 103,647 votes & acquired 136,597 votes in total. Singh | In the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Assembly election]], Raghuraj Pratap Singh defeated his opponent Janki Sharan from the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] by a huge margin of 103,647 votes & acquired 136,597 votes in total. Singh has consecutively been elected as the representative of Kunda assembly for the 6th time in 2017. | ||
==Controversies and conflict== | ==Controversies and conflict== | ||
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}}</ref> of the | }}</ref> of the [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s government coming to power in 2003, all POTA charges against him were dropped. However, the Supreme Court debarred the state government from dismissing POTA charges<ref name=pota/> | ||
[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s government coming to power in 2003, | |||
all POTA charges against him were dropped. However, the Supreme Court debarred the state government from dismissing POTA charges<ref name=pota/> | |||
Eventually the POTA | Eventually the POTA Act was repealed in 2004, and although the court again refused to release Raghuraj,<ref> | ||
again refused to release Raghuraj,<ref> | |||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
| title = Politician held on terror charge | | title = Politician held on terror charge | ||
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| date = 14 November 2005 | | date = 14 November 2005 | ||
| access-date = 6 August 2007 | | access-date = 6 August 2007 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> He subsequently became a powerful man in the government, and was accused by police officer R.S. Pandey (who led the raid on his house) of having launched a vendetta against him.<ref> | ||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
| title = Raja Bhaiya cases: DSP being 'victimised' | | title = Raja Bhaiya cases: DSP being 'victimised' | ||
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}}</ref> though the threats against him were not specified. | }}</ref> though the threats against him were not specified. | ||
In 2018, he voted for the Bharatiya Janta Party in the Rajya Sabha polls against the BSP candidate Dr. Ambedkar. | In 2018, he voted for the Bharatiya Janta Party in the Rajya Sabha polls against the BSP candidate Dr. Ambedkar.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} | ||
His party contested the Lok Sabha polls alone on two seats of Pratapgarh and Kaushambi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Modi is popular but his MPs will struggle: Independent MLA Raja Bhaiyya |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/modi-is-popular-but-his-mps-will-struggle-independent-mla-raja-bhaiyya/articleshow/69209923.cms |access-date=7 May 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=7 May 2019}}</ref> | His party contested the Lok Sabha polls alone on two seats of Pratapgarh and Kaushambi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Modi is popular but his MPs will struggle: Independent MLA Raja Bhaiyya |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/modi-is-popular-but-his-mps-will-struggle-independent-mla-raja-bhaiyya/articleshow/69209923.cms |access-date=7 May 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=7 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
=== DSP Zia Ul Haque murder case === | === DSP Zia Ul Haque murder case === | ||
On 3 March 2013, [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]] (DSP) Zia Ul Haq was killed during clashes between villagers and police in [[Kunda, India|Kunda]], Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja | On 3 March 2013, [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]] (DSP) Zia Ul Haq was killed during clashes between villagers and police in [[Kunda, India|Kunda]], Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency. Following a complaint by the slain officer's wife, Parveen Azad, Pratapgarh police registered a case against Raja Bhaiya for his alleged involvement in the 'conspiracy' which resulted in the gang war and subsequent murder of the police officer. In the FIR, Parveen said that her husband was killed by the henchmen of Raja Bhaiya. She named Gulshan Yadav, chairman of Kunda Nagar Panchayat, Harion Srivastava, a representative of Raja Bhaiya and Guddu Singh, Raja Bhaiya's driver as prime accused. She also named two other villagers – Kamta Prasad Pal and Rajesh Kumar Pal. The police registered a murder case against other accused who were named in the FIR. Further, this case was handed over to elite investigation agency CBI on 07 February 2013 for further investigation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=UP top cop killed in gunbattle following village head's murder|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dsp-zia-ul-haq-pratapgarh-up-uttar-pradesh-up-top-cop-village-head/1/252399.html|newspaper=[[India Today]]|publisher=15-07-14}}</ref> The CBI registered four different cases in the murder of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq and two others who were shot dead on Saturday in the constituency of former Uttar Pradesh minister, Raja Bhaiya. | ||
On 1 August 2013, the CBI filed the final report in the CBI court giving a clean chit to Raja Bhaiya.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CBI gives clean chit to Raja Bhaiya in deputy SP murder case|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-02/india/41005265_1_nanhe-yadav-gulshan-yadav-cbi-report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805192318/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-02/india/41005265_1_nanhe-yadav-gulshan-yadav-cbi-report|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2013|date=2 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 September 2013}}</ref> | On 1 August 2013, the CBI filed the final report in the CBI court giving a clean chit to Raja Bhaiya.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CBI gives clean chit to Raja Bhaiya in deputy SP murder case|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-02/india/41005265_1_nanhe-yadav-gulshan-yadav-cbi-report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805192318/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-02/india/41005265_1_nanhe-yadav-gulshan-yadav-cbi-report|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2013|date=2 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 September 2013}}</ref> | ||
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== Office held == | == Office held == | ||
* MLA, | * MLA, 1993-Incumbent (Kunda, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh). | ||
* Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in [[Akhilesh Yadav ministry]] from 2012-14 | * Minister in [[Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry]] | ||
* Minister in [[Kalyan Singh ministry]] | * Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in [[Akhilesh Yadav ministry]] from 2012-14 | ||
* Minister in [[Kalyan Singh ministry]] | |||
* Minister in [[Rajnath Singh ministry]] | |||
* Minister in [[Ram Prakash Gupta ministry]] | |||
==Charity and social work== | ==Charity and social work== | ||
In November 2019, Singh announced bearing of all the treatment related expenses for a six year old cancer patient named Vidushi.<ref>{{cite news |title=कैंसर से लड़ रही ये मासूम, 3 दिन में मदद को ब दर्जनों हाथ, राजा भैया ने कहा- पूरी हेल्प करूंगा |url=https://hindi.asianetnews.com/uttar-pradesh/many-people-started-to-help-of-6-year-old-cancer-patient-vidushi-q0j6uq |access-date=25 November 2019 |work=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |date=6 November 2019 |language=hi}}</ref> | In November 2019, Singh announced bearing of all the treatment related expenses for a six year old cancer patient named Vidushi.<ref>{{cite news |title=कैंसर से लड़ रही ये मासूम, 3 दिन में मदद को ब दर्जनों हाथ, राजा भैया ने कहा- पूरी हेल्प करूंगा |url=https://hindi.asianetnews.com/uttar-pradesh/many-people-started-to-help-of-6-year-old-cancer-patient-vidushi-q0j6uq |access-date=25 November 2019 |work=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |date=6 November 2019 |language=hi}}</ref> Every year since 1993, Singh organises [[collective wedding]] (''saamuhik vivah'') of hundreds of those girls whose family can't afford marriage expenses.<ref>{{cite news |title=हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर |url=https://www.patrika.com/pratapgarh-up-news/raja-bhaiya-will-organise-group-marriage-for-poor-families-on-31-may-in-pratapgarh-news-in-hindi-1589349/ |access-date=10 November 2020 |work=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref> | ||
Every year since 1993, Singh organises | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||