Rajeshwar Singh
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rajeshwar Singh
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| office1 = Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| constituency1 = Sarojini Nagar
| term_start1 = 10 March 2022
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| predecessor1 = Swati Singh
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|03|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| spouse = Laxmi Singh
| children = 1
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| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| residence = Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
| occupation = {{hlist|Police officer|politician}}
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| alma_mater = Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, (PhD, 2011)
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (B. Tech)
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Rajeshwar Singh (born 11 March 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Sarojini Nagar constituency of Lucknow district.{{cite news |title=Rajeshwar Singh, Sarojini Nagar Constituency : Rajeshwar Singh Profile, Win or loss Result in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-election/key-candidates/rajeshwar-singh |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en}} He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh is a former joint director of the Enforcement Directorate.
Personal life
Singh was born on 11 March 1973 in Lucknow in the family of Ran Bahadur Singh, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG).{{cite news |title=IPS से विधायक बने डॉ.राजेश्वर का सियासी जन्मदिन:राजनीति में एक साल पूरे होने पर मनाया 'आभार दिवस'; सिलाई मशीन, साइकिल बांटी, बोले-मॉडर्न होंगे स्कूल |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/news/gratitude-day-program-of-mla-dr-rajeshwar-singh-one-year-of-politics-106-sewing-machines-50-cycles-distributed-on-birthday-said-modern-schools-are-being-built-131025292.html |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=11 March 2023}} A graduate from the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow, he completed his B. Tech from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and a PhD from Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in 2011.{{cite web |title=Rajeshwar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Sarojini Nagar (Lucknow) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/Uttarpradesh2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=2632 |website=myneta.info |access-date=17 March 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Venugopal |first1=Vasudha |title=ED's Rajeshwar Singh likely to join BJP in a few weeks |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/eds-rajeshwar-singh-likely-to-join-bjp-in-a-few-weeks/articleshow/85468593.cms |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=The Economic Times |date=20 August 2021}} Singh is married to Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, with whom he has a daughter.{{cite news |title=Enforcement Directorate officer Rajeshwar Singh goes on leave: How joint director became the god of Lutyens Delhi |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/enforcement-directorate-officer-rajeshwar-singh-goes-on-leave-how-joint-director-became-the-god-of-lutyens-delhi-5487511.html |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=Firstpost |date=2 November 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Santosh |title=UP polls: Ex-ED Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh's 12-year-old daughter campaigns for her father |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-2022/story/ex-ed-official-rajeshwar-singh-daughter-campaigns-for-father-1912419-2022-02-13 |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=India Today |date=13 February 2022 |language=en}}
Career
An officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police (Provincial Police Service) since the last 14 years, Singh took a voluntary retirement from the post of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate on 31 January 2022 to join politics.{{cite news |title=ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh quits, set to join BJP, contest polls |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/ed-joint-dir-rajeshwar-quits-set-to-join-bjp-contest-polls/articleshow/89258907.cms |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=1 February 2022}}{{cite news |last=Bhardwaj |first=Ananya |date=11 February 2022 |title=Ex-ED officer Rajeshwar Singh: How 'master networker, sleuth', once a suspect, got BJP ticket |url=https://theprint.in/politics/ex-ed-officer-rajeshwar-singh-how-master-networker-sleuth-once-a-suspect-got-bjp-ticket/827290/ |work=ThePrint |access-date=17 March 2022}}
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Singh represented Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate from Sarojini Nagar and went on to defeat Samajwadi Party's Abhishek Mishra by a margin of 56,186 votes, succeeding own party member and incumbent Swati Singh in the process.{{cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh-Sarojini Nagar |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24170.htm?ac=170 |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 March 2022}}{{cite news |last1=मिश्रा |first1=हिमांशु |title=UP Election 2022: योगी के मंत्री की जगह भाजपा से टिकट पाने वाले राजेश्वर सिंह कौन हैं, अखिलेश यादव से इनके कैसे रिश्ते हैं? |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/up-election-2022-know-about-bjp-candidate-rajeshwar-singh-sarojini-nagar-minister-swati-singh |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=Amar Ujala |date=2 February 2022 |language=hi}}
Other ventures
Singh portrayed Rajeshwar Singh in the 2011 Hindi film Kya Yahi Sach Hai, which talked about corruption within the police force and the politician-police nexus.
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Category:People from Gautam Buddh Nagar district