Sanjeev Singh

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Sanjeev Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Sanjeev Singh was an elected member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Jharia constituency in Dhanbad district. In the 2014 Jharkhand Assembly Elections he defeated his nearest competitor, an Indian National Congress candidate, by more 32,000 votes.

Singh Mansion

Template:POV section Singh Mansion is the residence of Sanjeev Singh. His Mother Kunti Devi, was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, twice, in the 2005 and the 2009 Jharkhand Assembly elections, from the Jharia Constituency, on the ticket of the Bharatiya Janta Party. Remarkably, in the 2009 Jharkhand assembly elections Kunti Devi, Sanjeev Singh's mother emerged as the victorious candidate, and the only saving face, for the Bharatiya Janta Party which had faced defeats in all the surrounding seats, such as Dhanbad, Sindri, Baghmara, Nirsa, Bokaro and Chandankiyari. [https://www.firstpost.com/politics/jharia-election-result-2019-congress-purnima-singh-defeats-sister-in-law-and-bjp-candidate-ragini-singh-in-high-pitched-family-battle-7661321.html In the 2019 Assembly Election his wife, Ragini Singh, lost to Purnima Niraj Singh, widow of the Late Niraj Singh.

Political History

Sanjeev Singh's family has always been staunch opponents of the Indian National Congress. His father, the Late Suryadeo Singh, was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly continuously from the year 1977 to 1991, by defeating the candidates of the Indian National Congress, Sanjeev Singh is the most prominent leader of the Janta Mazdoor Sangh (affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Sabha), which is the largest and the most influential trade union in Dhanbad and in the Bharat Coking Coal Limited. He is the Vice President of the Hind Mazdoor Sabha.

Political and Familial Turmoils

On 11 April 2017, Sanjeev Singh, who was accused of the murder of his real brother an Indian National Congress leader Neeraj Singh, and three others in a shootout in Dhanbad surrendered at the police station. The case is currently under trial at the Dhanbad District Court. The incident took place on 21 March 2017, and was perpetrated by unidentified motorcycle assassins. Sanjeev Singh surrendered at the Saraidhela Police Station, Dhanbad.

Janta Mazdoor Sangh

The Janta Mazdoor Sangh is the largest and the most influential trade union in Dhanbad and in the Bharat Coking Coal Limited. The Sangh was started by the Late Suryadeo Singh and is now headed by Shri Sanjeev Singh. Sanjeev Singh is a member of the JBCCI (Joint Bipartite Committee for Coal Industry), where he represents the workmen and the Hind Mazdoor Sabha. At the behest of their leader, Shri Sanjeev Singh, all the members and supporters of the Janta Mazdoor Sangh wholeheartedly supported the candidate of the BJP from Dhanbad, in the Lok Sabha Election, 2019, thereby ensuring BJP's resounding triumph.