Dushyant Singh
{{Short description|Indian politician and businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dushyant Singh
| image = MP Dushyant Singh Dholpur with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Baran.png
| caption = Singh in Baran, 2021
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|09|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| residence = New Delhi, Delhi, India[http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/dushyant-singh Official government profile]
| constituency1 = Jhalawar-Baran, Rajasthan
| office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| predecessor1 = constituency established
| predecessor2 = Vasundhara Raje
| successor2 = constituency abolished
| term_start2 = 17 May 2004
| term_end2 = 18 May 2009
| constituency2 = Jhalawar, Rajasthan
| term_start1 = 18 May 2009
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| religion =
| spouse = Niharika Raje (m.2000)
| father = Hemant Singh
| mother = Vasundhara Raje Scindia
| children = 2 (1 son and 1 daughter)
| footnotes =
| website = {{URL|https://dushyantsingh.in}}
| education = The Doon School
| alma_mater = St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA)
Johnson & Wales University (MBA)
| source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/4005?from=members
}}
Dushyant Singh (born 11 September 1973; {{IPA|hi|d̪ʊʃ.jən̪t̪ sɪŋgʱ}}) is an Indian politician and businessman. Singh is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for the fifth time.{{cite news |title =Dushyant Singh wins|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-candidates-list-2019/dushyant-singh-20025-1|publisher =NDTV}} The son of Vasundhara Raje Scindia, who served twice as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Singh was first elected from the Jhalawar constituency and has since been re-elected from the Jhalawar–Baran constituency.
Education
Singh was educated at The Doon School in Dehradun.{{Cite web |last=Tewari |first=Ruhi |date=19 December 2018 |title=In a first, 3 Doon alumni are CMs, all from the same powerful era |url=https://theprint.in/politics/the-one-school-that-produced-3-cms-several-leaders-who-dominate-indias-politics/165773/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=ThePrint}} He received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a Master of Business Administration, focusing on hotel management, from Johnson & Wales University in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Dushyant Singh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/topic/dushyant-singh |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=India Today}}
Political career
Singh entered politics in 2004 after being persuaded by his mother, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).{{Cite web |last=Parihar |first=Rohit |last2=Deka |first2=Kaushik |date=26 June 2015 |title=Dushyant Singh faces investigation over Rs 11 crore he received from Lalit Modi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20150706-lalit-modi-row-vasundhara-dushyant-singh-investigation-819988-2015-06-26 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=India Today}} He won his first election and was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2004 from the Jhalawar constituency in Rajasthan.{{Cite web |title=Dushyant Singh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/lok-sabha/candidates/dushyant-singh-GERJ76577 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=Hindustan Times}}
In 2009, Singh won his second Lok Sabha election from the Jhalawar–Baran constituency, despite an Indian National Congress electoral wave in Rajasthan.{{Cite news |date=6 June 2009 |title=302 of 543: 20% jump in LS first-timers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/302-of-543-20-jump-in-ls-first-timers/articleshow/4622636.cms |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} In 2014, Singh won a Lok Sabha seat for a third time in a landslide victory.{{Cite web |last= |date=17 May 2014 |title=Raje Accomplishes 'Mission 25' With Whitewash for Congress |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/2014/May/16/raje-accomplishes-mission-25-with-whitewash-for-congress-613669.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} His third Lok Sabha victory made Singh one of BJP's senior-most parliamentarians.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bhanu Pratap |date=17 May 2014 |title=Election Results: Dushyant's seniority among state MPs planned to get ministry berth? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/election-results-dushyants-seniority-among-state-mps-planned-to-get-ministry-berth/articleshow/35225832.cms |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} In 2019, Singh won his Lok Sabha seat for the fourth time in a row.{{Cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=Vasundhara Raje's son Dushyant wins Jhalawar-Baran seat in Rajasthan |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/vasundhara-raje-dushyant-singh-jhalawar-baran-rajasthan-lok-sabha-2019-1533040-2019-05-23 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=India Today}} In 2024, Singh won his fifth consecutive Lok Sabha election.{{Cite web |title=Jhalawar - Baran Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/rajasthan/jhalawar-baran-constituency-result-20525 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=India Today}}
Personal life and family
Singh is married to Niharika Raje and they have two children; one son and one daughter.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Singh, Shri Dushyant |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/4005?from=members |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Digital Sansad}} Singh's mother, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, twice served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan and also served as a Minister in the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.{{Cite web |date=18 October 2023 |title=All you need to know about Vasundhara Raje, Rajasthan's former CM from BJP |url=https://www.business-standard.com/elections/rajasthan-elections/all-you-need-to-know-about-vasundhara-raje-rajasthan-s-former-cm-from-bjp-123101800755_1.html |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=Business Standard}} Singh's father, Hemant Singh, was the last Mahraj-Rana of Dholpur.{{Cite web |date=1 July 2015 |title=Dholpur Palace row: Government continues to back Vasundhara Raje |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/bjp-vasundhra-raje-lalit-modi-jairam-ramesh-dholpur-palace-279870-2015-06-30 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=India Today}} Singh is the maternal grandson of Maharaja Jivaji Rao Scindia and Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior, and the paternal grandson of Pratap Singh Nabha, the last Maharaja of Nabha.{{Cite web |last=Mohan |first=Archis |date=2 July 2015 |title=Newsmaker: Dushyant Singh |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/newsmaker-dushyant-singh-115070201369_1.html |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=Business Standard}}
Singh's wife, Niharika Raje, is the daughter of Ranjeet Singh Judeo, a politician and a member of the former royal family of Samthar State, and Ganga Rajya Laxmi, a member of the former Rana dynasty of Nepal.{{Cite web |title=Dushyant Singh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/topic/dushyant-singh |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=India Today}}
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Category:The Doon School alumni
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan
Category:People from Jhalawar district