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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
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| name = Dhananjay Singh | |||
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| constituency = [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur]] | |||
| office = [[Lok Sabha]] [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] | |||
| majority = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by adding a number--> | |||
| term_start = 2009 | |||
| term_end = 18 May 2014 | |||
| predecessor = [[Parasnath Yadav]] | |||
| successor = [[Krishna Pratap|Krishna Pratap Singh]] | |||
| constituency2 = Rari | |||
| office2 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] | |||
| majority2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by adding a number--> | |||
| term_start2 = 2002 | |||
| term_end2 = 2009 | |||
| predecessor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by adding a number--> | |||
| successor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by adding a number--> | |||
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|7|16|df=yes}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] | |||
| political_party = [[JANTA DHAL UNITED]] | |||
| spouse = Meenu Singh (2006-2007)<br/>Jagriti Singh (2009-17)<br/>Srikala Reddy (2017- present) | |||
| occupation = Politician, businessperson | |||
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'''Dhananjay Singh''' is an Indian politician who was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for Rari constituency, [[Jaunpur district]] in the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from 2002 to 2009 as an independent and then one of the district's MPs in the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from 2009 to 2014 as a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] member. He has drawn scrutiny for his alleged corruption and involvement in many cases, and has been described as a "Purvanchal Bahubali" in politician | '''Dhananjay Singh''' is an Indian politician who was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for Rari constituency, [[Jaunpur district]] in the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from 2002 to 2009 as an independent and then one of the district's MPs in the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from 2009 to 2014 as a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] member. He has drawn scrutiny for his alleged corruption and involvement in many cases, and has been described as a "Purvanchal Bahubali" in politician And also known as "Sansad ji" from east UP (Purvanchal) | ||
== Early life and career == | == Early life and career == | ||
Dhananjay Singh | Dhananjay Singh was born in [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] on 16 July 1975 in a Kshatriya/Rajput family. According to the Lok Sabha, he is also involved in business and farming.<ref name="LokSabha">{{cite web |title=Singh, Shri Dhananjay |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4306&lastls=15 |publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> In the late 1990s, he studied at [[Lucknow University]] and graduated with a master's in political science, and also started gaining notoriety around this time for his involvement in gang activity.<ref name="LokSabha"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Rajiv|last=Srivastava|date=12 December 2011|accessdate=2021-01-09|title=Meteoric fall of muscleman from Jaunpur|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Meteoric-fall-of-muscleman-from-Jaunpur/articleshow/11075499.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Between 1996 and 2013, Singh had been charged four times under the Gangster Act.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 May 2020|accessdate=2021-01-09|title=Former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh arrested for kidnapping|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/former-bsp-mp-dhananjay-singh-arrested-for-kidnapping/articleshow/75687487.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||