Dharmpal Singh

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Dharmpal Singh

| honorific-suffix =

| image =

| alt = Dharmpal Singh

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| office = Minister of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start = 25 March 2022

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Yogi Adityanath

| predecessor = Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh

| office1 = Minister of Irrigation
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start1 = 19 March 2017

| term_end1 = 21 August 2019

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Yogi Adityanath

| successor1 = Mahendra Kumar Singh

| office2 = Minister of Labour
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start2 = 11 October 2002

| term_end2 = 29 August 2003

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = Mayawati

| office3 = Minister of Panchayat Raj
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start3 = 21 September 1997

| term_end3 = 8 March 2002

| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata3 = Kalyan Singh
Ram Prakash Gupta
Rajnath Singh

| office4 = Minister of state for Public Works & Tourism
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start4 = 27 March 1997

| term_end4 = 20 September 1997

| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata4 = Mayawati

| 2blankname4 = Minister

| 2namedata4 = Kalraj Mishra

| office5 = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| term_start5 = 2012

| predecessor5 = Radha Krishna

| constituency5 = Aonla

| term_start6 = 1996

| term_end6 = 2007

| predecessor6 = Mahipal Yadav

| successor6 = Radha Krishna

| constituency6 = Aonla

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|1|15}}

| birth_place = Bareilly district

| birthname =

| father =

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Vandana Singh|1970}}

| children = 3 sons

| residence = Bareilly district

| alma_mater = M. J. P. Rohilkhand University

| education = LLB, B.Ed

| occupation =

| profession = {{hlist|Politician|teacher|farmer}}

| source = http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/12138/17

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Dharmpal Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India.{{cite news|title=Member Profile|publisher=Legislative Assembly official website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/members_profile/126.pdf}}{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher=My neta.info|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=2117}} He is currently the cabinet minister of irrigation and represents the Aonla constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.{{cite news|title=2012 Election Results|publisher=Election Commission of India website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}{{cite news|title=2002 Election Results|publisher=Election Commission of India website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf}}{{cite news|title=1996 Election Results|publisher=Election Commission of India website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf}}{{cite news|title=All MLAs from constituency|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/aonla.html}}

Early life and education

Dharmpal Singh was born in Bareilly district in a Lodhi family.{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/yogi-adityanath-oath-ceremony-bareilly-mla-arun-kumar-saxena-and-dharam-pal-singh-become-minister-ann-2088708|title=Yogi Aditynath oath ceremony}} He attended the M. J. P. Rohilkhand University and attained LL.B., BEd and MA degrees.

Political career

Dharmpal Singh has been a MLA for five terms. He represented the Aonla constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.

He won his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Sidh raj Singh of the Samajwadi Party.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/etmadpur-mla-results|title = ETMADPUR Election Result 2017, Winner, ETMADPUR MLA, Uttar Pradesh}}

Member of the Legislative Assembly

#	From	To	MLA in Assembly
class="wikitable sortable"
01	2017	2022	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
02	2012	2017	Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
03	2002	2007	Member, 14th Legislative Assembly
04	1996	2002	Member, 13th Legislative Assembly

Political position

=Cow=

In May 2022, he said, "sprinkling cow urine will remove obstacles in the house", the Goddess Ganga "resides in the urine of the cow" and "Sprinkling it in the house removes vastu defects or any other obstacles". He added that Goddess Lakshmi resides in cow dung.{{cite news |title='Sprinkle cow urine in house to remove obstacles': UP minister's bizarre advice |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/may/14/sprinkle-cow-urine-in-house-to-remove-obstacles-up-ministers-bizarre-advice-2453470.html |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=The New Indian Express |date=14 May 2022}}