Omprakash Singh

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Omprakash Singh
Born (1959-05-13) 13 May 1959 (age 64)
village sevrai,post-bhadaura Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India
EducationM.A., B.P.Ed. (BHU)
OccupationPolitical and Social Worker
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse(s)Smt. Chandrakanti Singh (m.1980)
Children5

Omprakash Singh (born 13 May 1959) is an Indian politician, who represented Ghazipur in the 12th Lok Sabha from 1998 to 1999. He is a member of the Samajwadi Party.[1]

Career[edit]

Singh was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1989. He was reelected seven times, becoming Deputy Leader of Opposition in 1996.

In 1998 he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha representing Ghazipur. In his two years as an MP, he was a member of the Committee on Commerce and its Sub-Committee on Textiles.

From 2003 to 2007 he was the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister for Irrigation, and then from 2012 to 2017 he was the Cabinet Minister for Tourism in the Akhilesh Yadav ministry. He was also a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal, the Railway Convention Committee, and the committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General Revenues.

In 2012, he was elected to the Indian Legislative Assembly, representing Zamania, while remaining a cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh Government for the Samajwadi Party.

References[edit]

  1. Rashtriya sahara. Vol. 5. Sahara India Mass Communication. 1997. Samajwadi Party MLA Omprakash Singh raising the issue of 12 BSP MLAs, during the proceedings of composite floor test ..
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