Sanjay Singh (Indian politician)

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Sanjay Singh
Sanjay Singh (cropped).jpg
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
28 January 2018
Preceded byKaran Singh
ConstituencyNCT of Delhi
Personal details
Born (1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 (age 51)
Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party other Political affiliations Samajwadi Party for 9 months in 2007
Spouse(s)Anita Singh
Children2
EducationDiploma in Mining Engineering
ProfessionPolitician

Sanjay Singh[1] is an Indian politician who has served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Delhi since 2018. He is the national spokesperson for the Aam Aadmi Party and the state-in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan. Singh has been a senior leader of the party since its inception in November 2012, and is a member of the party's foremost decision-making body, the Political Affairs Committee (PAC). He joined hands with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his apolitical campaigns from the Right To Information campaign in 2006 to the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement led by social activist Anna Hazare. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha on 8 January 2018 from the state of Delhi.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

He was at the forefront to speak for the right of miners along with being associated to the rights of street hawkers.

Career in social work[edit]

He formed the Azad Samaj Seva Samiti in Lucknow in 1994. He worked towards providing employment opportunities to the poor. Singh has time and again been associated with movements related to hawkers and managed to raise their issues at different platforms.[3][4] He is a part of the National Hawkers' Federation as well.

Prior to joining politics, Sanjay Singh led and was associated with many social movements and causes for people's welfare. He has been a fellow companion of renowned socialist leader Shri Raghu Thakur of Democratic Socialist Party, and participated in various welfare and socialist conferences and movements along with him. Singh was involved in a 16-year struggle for the rights of the street vendors in Uttar Pradesh and proffered his services for disaster relief operations in Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Nepal. He later carried on the legacy of Anna Hazare's 2011 Anti-Corruption movement countrywide.[5]

Political career in India[edit]

He accused Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia of being complicit with the drug trade and not doing enough to control the menace in Punjab. In turn, Majithia filed a defamation suit against him, Arvind Kejriwal and Ashish Khetan.[6] Later, AAP president Arvind Kejriwal apologised to Majithia for his party's slander against him.[7] He was also the Delhi state-in-charge for the elections.

In January 2018, he took an oath as a Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi.[8]

Singh has remained active in the Parliament since 2018 and is known for his bold statements against issues in the country. He is a member of the Standing Committee and Consultative Committee on Urban Development, a member of the Silk Board of India and a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group on Latin American Countries (LAC). He is a former member of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel. He has participated in several important debates including the Rafale deal for which a 5000 crore defamation suit was filed against him by Anil Ambani group Reliance Defence. Singh also raised discrepancies involving the operational One Stop Centres in the country and the respective fund allocations across the states. Singh has raised concerns related to child deaths due to malnutrition, prevention of child trafficking, stringent punishments for sexual abuse of children amongst others and was felicitated with the PGC Award by UNICEF India in 2020 for his efforts.[9]

During Delhi 2020 elections he was made the campaign in-charge along with Pankaj Gupta who was made the campaign director.[10] Singh's parliamentary statistics show his exemplary record in the parliament. He was raised 228 starred and un-starred questions in the parliament and introduced 3 Private Member Bills. He has further participated in 142 debates in his tenure of over two years.

In his term as an MP, Singh has provided various works to be carried out in his constituency from his MPLADs fund. In 2018 he donated one crore rupees from MPLAD along with one month of salary towards the Kerala Flood Relief. Some other development activities undertaken by him include provision of an ambulance in the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi, placing street lights and dustbins across Delhi.

Farm bills[edit]

On the passing of the farm bills[11] in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon session 2020, Singh showed his strong dissent against the "unconstitutional" passing of the bills and called them "Black Laws" for farmers. Sanjay Singh along with seven other members were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for their "unruly behavior" in the house by tearing documents, breaking mics and allegedly heckling the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The event occurred after the three farmer bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha. He held an overnight peaceful protest the following day in the Rajya Sabha upon his suspension.[12][13]

He visited and joined the farmers protesting against these bills on Singhu Border.

Service and philanthropy[edit]

Singh follows the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia and Chandrashekhar Azad. He has devoted his life towards the welfare of the underprivileged, poor and the marginalised communities. Singh also promotes cleanliness and good sanitation. He provided shelter in his residence to Lilawati, an aged woman abandoned by her family. In another instance, he provided aid for a young child's liver transplant in Andhra Pradesh, India. Moreover, he has donated blood over 50 times.

Personal life[edit]

Singh currently resides in Delhi with his father, mother, wife and two children. He married his wife, Anita Singh, in 1994. She completed her post graduation in Sociology from Purvanchal University. Singh also has a brother, Ashutosh Singh, who is a software engineer for Norton Securities[14] and lives in US. His daughter, Vartika Singh made her debut in the movie Mulk. His son, Utkarsh Singh completed his BBA from Delhi University.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "AAP names candidates for Rajya Sabha: Sanjay Singh, ND Gupta and Sushil Gupta to represent party in Upper House – Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Meet Sankat Mochan Sanjay Singh, Who Will Lead AAP in Rajya Sabha". News18. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sanjay Singh – Aam Aadmi Party". 24 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sanjay Singh – Aam Aadmi Party". 24 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Majithia files defamation suit against Kejriwal, two others".
  7. ↑ "Kejriwal Apologises to Bikram Majithia as Defamation Cases Take a Toll on AAP, Arun Jaitley Next?". 15 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Rajya Sabha: AAP makes an entry into Rajya Sabha with three MPS | India News - Times of India".
  9. ↑ "9 MPs receive awards for their role in Parliament in advancing child rights: UNICEF".
  10. ↑ "AAP appoints Sanjay Singh in-charge for Delhi assembly polls, Pankaj Gupta is campaign director". The Indian Express. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Rajya Sabha passes two key farm bills amid protests". 20 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Derek O'Brien, 7 other Opposition MPS suspended over Rajya Sabha ruckus on farm bills". 21 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Motion seeking suspension of MPS, who intimidated deputy chair Harivansh, likely in Rajya Sabha tomorrow".
  14. ↑ "Norton Security | Award-Winning Antivirus & Security Software".


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