Amrendra Pratap Singh

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| name = Amrendra Pratap Singh

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| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| image = Amrendra Pratap Singh.jpg

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| office = Minister of Agriculture
Government of Bihar

| term_start = 16 November 2020

| term_end = 9 August 2022

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Nitish Kumar

| predecessor = Prem Kumar

| office1 = Minister of Co-operatives
Government of Bihar

| term_start1 = 16 November 2020

| term_end1 = 9 February 2021

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Nitish Kumar

| predecessor1 = Rana Randhir

| successor1 = Subhash Singh

| office2 = Minister of Sugarcane Industries
Government of Bihar

| term_start2 = 16 November 2020

| term_end2 = 9 February 2021

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = Nitish Kumar

| predecessor2 = Bima Bharti

| successor2 = Pramod Kumar

| office3 = Deputy Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly

| term_start3 = 2012

| term_end3 = 2015

| 1blankname3 = Speaker

| 1namedata3 = Uday Narayan Choudhary

| office4 = Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly

| term_start4 = 2020

| term_end4 =

| constituency4 = Arrah

| predecessor4 = Mohammad Nawaz Alam

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| term_start5 = 2000

| term_end5 = 2015

| constituency5 = Arrah

| predecessor5 = Abdul Malik

| successor5 = Mohammad Nawaz Alam

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| residence = Arrah, Bihar, India

| birth_place = Chaugain, Bihar, British India

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| father = Harihar Singh

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Amrendra Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly serving as a minister in the Government of Bihar. He is the son of Harihar Singh, the former Chief Minister of Bihar.

Early and personal life

Singh was born in Chaugain village of the Shahabad district (now in Buxar) to Harihar Singh also known as Bihari Ji Singh. His father was a freedom fighter and the Chief Minister of Bihar and his elder brother Mrigendra Pratap Singh was the Finance minister and speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web|last=Tiwari|first=Pradeep Kumar|date=22 June 2015|title=बिहार की सियासत में 'फैमिली फर्स्ट'|trans-title=Family first in rulership of Bihar|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-the-family-is-on-first-level-in-bihar-politics-12507639.html|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}

Political career

Singh joined Jana Sangh in the state of Bihar as an associate of Raghubar Das, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan, he also took part in the JP Movement. After split of the Jana Sangh faction from Janata Party, he too joined the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was granted candidacy by the BJP to contest six consecutive elections{{Cite news|date=24 October 2015|title=BJP MLA Amrendra Pratap Singh faces tough questions in his constituency Arrah|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-mla-amarendra-pratap-singh-faces-tough-questions-in-his-constituency-arrah/articleshow/49511206.cms}} of which he got elected on four occasions.{{Cite web|last=Anwar|first=Tarique|date=2015-10-19|title=Bihar polls: In ancient Bhojpur, wounds of the past will determine voting behaviour|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/bihar-polls-in-ancient-bhojpur-wounds-of-the-past-will-determine-voting-behaviour-2474102.html|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Firstpost}}

Between 2000 and 2015, he was the representative of the Arrah constituency.{{Cite web|title=Bihar 2015|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/|website=Election Commission of India}} He was also made the deputy speaker of the assembly from 2012 to 2015.{{Cite news|date=7 August 2012|title=Amrendra Pratap Singh elected deputy speaker of Bihar assembly|work=Business Line|agency=Press Trust of India|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/amrendra-pratap-singh-elected-deputy-speaker-of-bihar-assembly/article23080431.ece}} In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he lost his seat to Mohammad Nawaz Alam of the RJD.

He won his seat back in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on a BJP ticket supported by NDA defeating his nearest rival of MGB with an impressive margin. He was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry for the first time.