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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name         = Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
| name               = Kunwar Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
| image         =
| image               = The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Mr. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay meeting the Minister of State for Home, Shri R.P.N. Singh, in New Delhi on August 30, 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
| caption             =  
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1964|04|25|df=y}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1964|04|25|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| birth_place         = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| residence     = [[Kushinagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| residence           = [[Kushinagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| death_date   =
| death_date         =  
| death_place   =
| death_place         =  
| term         =
| term               =  
| alma_mater   = [[The Doon School]]
| alma_mater         = [[The Doon School]]
| office        = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State]]
| office             = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| predecessor  =
| term_start          = 2024
| successor    = [[Kiren Rijiju]]
| term_end            =
| term_start    = 28 October 2012
| constituency       = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh |Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_end      = 26 May 2014 <br /> Served along with [[Mullappally Ramachandran|M. Ramachandran]]
| office1            = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
| office1      = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| successor1          = [[Kiren Rijiju]]
| constituency1 = [[Kushi Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kushi Nagar ]]
| minister1          = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| term_start1  = 2009
| primeminister1      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_end1    = 2014
| alongside1          = [[Mullappally Ramachandran|M. Ramachandran]]
| predecessor1  =
| term_start1        = 28 October 2012
| successor1    =
| term_end1          = 26 May 2014
| party         = [[Indian National Congress]]
| office2            = [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas|Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas]]
| spouse       = [[Sonia Singh (journalist)|Sonia Singh]]
| term_start2        = 19 January 2011
| children     = 3
| term_end2          = 28 October 2012
| minister2          = [[Jaipal Reddy]]
| primeminister2      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office3            = [[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Minister of State for Corporate Affairs]]
| term_start3        = 19 January 2011
| term_end3          = 28 October 2012
| predecessor3        = [[Jitin Prasada]]
| successor3          = [[Panabaka Lakshmi]]
| minister3          = [[Murli Deora]]
| primeminister3      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office4            = [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways]]
| term_start4        = 28 May 2009
| term_end4          = 19 January 2011
| minister4          = [[Kamal Nath]]
| primeminister4      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office5            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency4      =
| term_start5        = 2009
| term_end5          = 2014
| successor5          = [[Rajesh Pandey]]
| predecessor5        = ''Constituency created''
| office6            = Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start6        = 1996
| term_end6          = 2009
| constituency6      = [[Padrauna (Assembly constituency)|Padrauna]]
| predecessor6        = [[Baleshwar Yadav (politician)|Baleshwar Yadav]]
| successor6          = [[Swami Prasad Maurya]]
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />(2022-present)
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />(1990-2022)
| spouse             = [[Sonia Singh (journalist)|Sonia Singh]]
| children           = 3
| constituency5      = [[Kushi Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kushi Nagar]]
}}
}}


'''Kunwar Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh''' (known as '''R. P. N. Singh''') (born 25 April 1964), popularly known as Raja Saheb of [[Padrauna]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=आरपीएन सिंह: कई बार लोकसभा चुनाव लड़े लेकिन एक बार ही मिली जीत, जानिए कैसा है कांग्रेस के इस नेता का सफर..|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/lok-sabha-elections-2019/rpn-singh-profile-this-congress-leader-is-contesting-from-kushinagar-2033287|access-date=2020-07-26|website=NDTVIndia}}</ref> is an Indian politician and former Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. He was an MP from [[Kushi Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kushinagar constituency]] in 15th Lok Sabha. For the 16th Lok Sabha election even though substantial increase of vote he lost to Rajesh Pandey (BJP). Recently{{when|date=September 2017}} Singh was chosen for [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] in charge of [[Jharkhand]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/rpn-singh-retains-jpcc-in-charge-post.html|title= RPN Singh retains JPCC in-charge post|website= The Pioneer|language=en |access-date=2020-09-13}}</ref> and [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pl-puniya-rpn-singh-get-charge-of-jharkhand-chhattisgarh/articleshow/59569279.cms|title= PL Puniya, RPN Singh get charge of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh|newspaper= The Economic Times|language=en |access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref>
'''Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh''' or '''R. P. N. Singh''' (born 25 April 1964), is an Indian politician, and former Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. He was the Member of Parliament for [[Kushi Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kushinagar constituency]] in the fifteenth Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014. In the 2014 General Election, despite an increase in his own votes, he was defeated by Rajesh Pandey (BJP). He lost again in 2019. In September 2020, Singh was chosen for [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] in charge of [[Jharkhand]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/rpn-singh-retains-jpcc-in-charge-post.html|title= RPN Singh retains JPCC in-charge post|website= The Pioneer|language=en |access-date=2020-09-13}}</ref> and [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pl-puniya-rpn-singh-get-charge-of-jharkhand-chhattisgarh/articleshow/59569279.cms|title= PL Puniya, RPN Singh get charge of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh|newspaper= The Economic Times|language=en |access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref>
 
He resigned from Congress in January 2022 and joined the [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]], a month ahead of [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022 UP Elections]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-leader-rpn-singh-changes-twitter-bio-amid-reports-of-joining-bjp-2728258#pfrom=home-ndtv_bigstory|title=Another Senior Congress Exit: RPN Singh Joins BJP Ahead of UP Election}}</ref> thus becoming the fourth prominent [[The Doon School|Doon School]] alumnus to leave the Congress Party to join hands with the [[BJP]], following [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]], [[Jitin Prasada]] and [[Amarinder Singh]].<ref>{{cite news |author=TNI Team |title=4th Big Exit In 4 Years: Once MoS in UPA, Rahul Aide & Cong's RPN Singh Joins BJP |url=https://newindian.in/4th-big-exit-in-4-years-once-mos-in-upa-rahul-aide-congs-rpn-singh-to-join-bjp/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New Indian |date=26 January 2022}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Singh hails from a royal sainthwar
R.P.N. Singh belongs to the [[Gahadavala dynasty|Gaharwar]](Raikar) sub-clan<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Sir Stanley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqYSAAAAIAAJ&q=The+title+of+Raja+Bahadur+was+conferred+as+a+personal+distinction+in+1919+in+recognition+of+his+meritorious |title=Indian Year Book |date=1936 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman. |language=en}}</ref> of the [[Sainthwar]] caste.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Battles-Royal-in-Hindi-heartland/articleshow/4257903.cms|title = Battles 'Royal' in Hindi heartland &#124; Lucknow News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]| date=13 March 2009 }}</ref> He comes from a Zamindari family of [[Kushinagar]] ([[Padrauna]]), [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He attended [[The Doon School]],<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/doon-squad/464930/ Indianexpress.com : comments : Doon squad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528143207/http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/doon-squad/464930/ |date=28 May 2009 }}</ref> an institution which has had historic links with Congress since the [[The Doon School#Criticism of Rajiv Gandhi administration|Rajiv Gandhi 'Doon Cabinet' era]], and given Rahul Gandhi's own schooling at Doon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/seven-doscos-in-15th-lok-sabha/|title = Seven Doscos in 15th Lok Sabha|date = 31 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Steven R. Weisman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/20/magazine/the-rajiv-generation.html |title=THE RAJIV GENERATION - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1986-04-20 |access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> From 2014 to 2018, he served as the president of Doon's alumni body [[The Doon School Old Boys' Society]].<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/meat-exporter-qureshi-quits-doon-school-alumni-body/ Meat exporter Qureshi quits Doon School alumni body | The Indian Express]</ref>
family<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Battles-Royal-in-Hindi-heartland/articleshow/4257903.cms|title = Battles 'Royal' in Hindi heartland &#124; Lucknow News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> of [[Kushinagar]] (Padrauna), [[Uttar Pradesh]] and attended [[The Doon School]].<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/doon-squad/464930/ Indianexpress.com : comments : Doon squad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528143207/http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/doon-squad/464930/ |date=28 May 2009 }}</ref> In May 2014, he became the president of Doon's alumni body [[The Doon School Old Boys' Society]].<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/meat-exporter-qureshi-quits-doon-school-alumni-body/ Meat exporter Qureshi quits Doon School alumni body | The Indian Express]</ref>


He was married on 7 December 2002 to [[Sonia Singh (journalist)|Sonia Singh]] (prominent anchor and editorial director at NDTV), and has three daughters. He currently resides in the Palace, [[Padrauna]], [[Kushinagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. His father Late Kunwar C.P.N. Singh was also MP of Kushinagar (then Hata). His father was Minister of state for Defence in Indira Gandhi cabinet in 1980.
He was married on 7 December 2002 to [[Sonia Singh (journalist)|Sonia Singh]] (nee Sonia Singh, anchor and editorial director at NDTV), and has three daughters. He currently resides in the Palace, [[Padrauna]], [[Kushinagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. His father, Late C.P.N. Singh, was also MP of Kushinagar (then Hata) and a Minister of State for Defence in the Indira Gandhi cabinet in 1980.


Kunwar R.P.N. Singh was also former MLA from the seat of [[Padrauna]] until he was elected for Loksabha.
R.P.N. Singh was elected MLA from the seat of Padrauna in 1996, 2002, and 2007. In 2009 he was elected to the Lok Sabha. He lost the Lok Sabha election from the Kushinagar seat in 2014 and 2019. Now he has been declared BJP candidate from Uttar Pradesh for Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha.


== Positions held ==
== Positions held ==
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* Union Minister of State, Road, Transport and Highways, 2009-2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Massive road communication programme proposed: Minister |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_massive-road-communication-programme-proposed-minister_1298938 |work=[[Daily News & Analysis]] |date=14 October 2009 |access-date=31 March 2011 }}</ref>
* Union Minister of State, Road, Transport and Highways, 2009-2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Massive road communication programme proposed: Minister |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_massive-road-communication-programme-proposed-minister_1298938 |work=[[Daily News & Analysis]] |date=14 October 2009 |access-date=31 March 2011 }}</ref>
* Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs, 2011-2013
* Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs, 2011-2013
* Secretary, Sri Aurobindo Society Centre (Padrauna)
* Union Minister of state for Home Affairs 2013-2014<ref>{{cite news |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Congress chooses tokenism over efficiency |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/cabinet-reshuffle-congress-chooses-political-tokenism-over-efficiency-505690.html |work=First Post (India) |date=28 October 2012 |access-date=28 October 2012 }}</ref>
* Secretary, Udit Narain Degree College
* President, [[The Doon School Old Boys' Society]], 2014–2016
* Secretary, Udit Narain Inter College
* Secretary, Udit Narain Trust
* Union Minister of state for Home Affairs 2013-2014<ref>{{cite news |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Congress chooses tokenism over efficiency |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/cabinet-reshuffle-congress-chooses-political-tokenism-over-efficiency-505690.html |work=[[First Post (India)]] |date=28 October 2012 |access-date=28 October 2012 }}</ref>
* President, [[The Doon School Old Boys' Society]], 2014–present
 
==Awards==
* Winner, Duke of Edinburgh Award (Gold){Date=April 2016}


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 8 February 2026


For the BJP MLA in 2017 from Manikpur in UP, see R. K. Singh Patel. For the BJP MP from Arrah, Bihar in 2019, see R. K. Singh.


Kunwar Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
2024
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Serving with M. Ramachandran
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterSushilkumar Shinde
Succeeded byKiren Rijiju
Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas
In office
19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterJaipal Reddy
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
In office
19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterMurli Deora
Preceded byJitin Prasada
Succeeded byPanabaka Lakshmi
Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways
In office
28 May 2009 – 19 January 2011
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterKamal Nath
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byRajesh Pandey
ConstituencyKushi Nagar
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2009
Preceded byBaleshwar Yadav
Succeeded bySwami Prasad Maurya
ConstituencyPadrauna
Personal details
Born (1964-04-25) 25 April 1964 (age 62)
New Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(2022-present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(1990-2022)
Spouse(s)Sonia Singh
Children3
ResidenceKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materThe Doon School

Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh or R. P. N. Singh (born 25 April 1964), is an Indian politician, and former Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was the Member of Parliament for Kushinagar constituency in the fifteenth Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014. In the 2014 General Election, despite an increase in his own votes, he was defeated by Rajesh Pandey (BJP). He lost again in 2019. In September 2020, Singh was chosen for AICC in charge of Jharkhand[1] and Chhattisgarh.[2]

He resigned from Congress in January 2022 and joined the BJP, a month ahead of 2022 UP Elections,[3] thus becoming the fourth prominent Doon School alumnus to leave the Congress Party to join hands with the BJP, following Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada and Amarinder Singh.[4]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

R.P.N. Singh belongs to the Gaharwar(Raikar) sub-clan[5] of the Sainthwar caste.[6] He comes from a Zamindari family of Kushinagar (Padrauna), Uttar Pradesh. He attended The Doon School,[7] an institution which has had historic links with Congress since the Rajiv Gandhi 'Doon Cabinet' era, and given Rahul Gandhi's own schooling at Doon.[8][9] From 2014 to 2018, he served as the president of Doon's alumni body The Doon School Old Boys' Society.[10]

He was married on 7 December 2002 to Sonia Singh (nee Sonia Singh, anchor and editorial director at NDTV), and has three daughters. He currently resides in the Palace, Padrauna, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father, Late C.P.N. Singh, was also MP of Kushinagar (then Hata) and a Minister of State for Defence in the Indira Gandhi cabinet in 1980.

R.P.N. Singh was elected MLA from the seat of Padrauna in 1996, 2002, and 2007. In 2009 he was elected to the Lok Sabha. He lost the Lok Sabha election from the Kushinagar seat in 2014 and 2019. Now he has been declared BJP candidate from Uttar Pradesh for Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha.

Positions held[edit | edit source]

  • M.L.A. (Uttar Pradesh), 1996-2009
  • President, Uttar Pradesh Youth Congress, 1997-1999
  • Secretary, AICC, 2003-2006
  • Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Padrauna constituency, 2009[11]
  • Union Minister of State, Road, Transport and Highways, 2009-2011[12]
  • Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs, 2011-2013
  • Union Minister of state for Home Affairs 2013-2014[13]
  • President, The Doon School Old Boys' Society, 2014–2016

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "RPN Singh retains JPCC in-charge post". The Pioneer. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "PL Puniya, RPN Singh get charge of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Another Senior Congress Exit: RPN Singh Joins BJP Ahead of UP Election".
  4. ↑ TNI Team (26 January 2022). "4th Big Exit In 4 Years: Once MoS in UPA, Rahul Aide & Cong's RPN Singh Joins BJP". The New Indian. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Reed, Sir Stanley (1936). Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman.
  6. ↑ "Battles 'Royal' in Hindi heartland | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. 13 March 2009.
  7. ↑ Indianexpress.com : comments : Doon squad Archived 28 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Seven Doscos in 15th Lok Sabha". 31 May 2009.
  9. ↑ Steven R. Weisman (20 April 1986). "THE RAJIV GENERATION - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Meat exporter Qureshi quits Doon School alumni body | The Indian Express
  11. ↑ "Nervous moments for freshers at oath-taking ceremony". The Indian Express. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "Massive road communication programme proposed: Minister". Daily News & Analysis. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  13. ↑ "Cabinet reshuffle: Congress chooses tokenism over efficiency". First Post (India). 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

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