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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 [[India]]n politician who 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|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 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.

 

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]].

 

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>

 

 

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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