Vinod Singh (Gonda politician)

{{Short description|Indian politician (died 2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Vinod Kumar Singh

| image = Vinod Kumar alias Pandit Singh.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1962|01|07}}

| birth_place = Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, India

| residence = Gonda

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|05|07|1962|01|07}}

| death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

| constituency =

| office = Cabinet Minister
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| predecessor = Kunwar Anand Singh

| successor = Surya Pratap Shahi

| party = Samajwadi Party

| spouse = Sona Singh

| children =

| alma_mater =

| website =

| footnotes =

| date = 17 September 2019

| source =

| office1 = Minister of State
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| office2 =

| constituency1 =

| predecessor2 =

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| successor2 =

| termstart1 = 2013

| termend1 = 2015

| termstart2 = 2012

| termend2 = 2012

| constituency2 =

| parents =

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 2blankname1 = Ministry & Department's

| 1namedata1 = Akhilesh Yadav

| 2namedata1 = *Secondary Education

| office3 =

| office4 = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| termstart3 = 2003

| termend3 = 2007

| termstart4 = 2012

| termend4 = 2017

| constituency4 =

| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 2blankname3 = Ministry & Department's

| 1namedata3 = Mulayam Singh Yadav

| 2namedata3 = *Medical Education

| predecessor4 = Mohammad Jalil Khan

| successor4 = Prateek Bhushan Singh

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 2blankname = Ministry & Department's

| term_start = 2015

| term_end = 2017

| 1namedata = Akhilesh Yadav

| 2namedata = *Agriculture

| office5 =

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| 1namedata4 =

| 2namedata4 =

| termstart5 = 1996

| termend5 = 2007

| predecessor5 = Tulsi Das Raichandani

| successor5 = Mohammad Jalil Khan

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 =

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 2blankname2 = Ministry & Department's

| 1namedata2 = Akhilesh Yadav

| 2namedata2 = *Revenue

| constituency5 = Gonda

}}

Vinod Kumar Singh alias Pandit Singh (7 January 1962 – 7 May 2021{{Cite web |title=पूर्व मंत्री पंडित सिंह के निधन के बाद बेटे सूरज की भी तबीयत बिगड़ी, लखनऊ ले जाने की सलाह |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-after-the-death-of-former-minister-pandit-singh-son-suraj-s-health-deteriorated-advice-to-be-taken-to-lucknow-4018439.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Hindustan |language=hindi}}) was an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. A three-time legislator and a senior member of the Samajwadi Party, Pandit Singh represented Gonda assembly constituency in the 13th, 14th and 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly which is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. He also served as a cabinet minister in the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh under the chief ministership of Akhilesh Yadav. He also contested the 2019 parliamentary elections from Gonda but lost to Kirti Vardhan Singh of BJP.{{Cite magazine |author=Samarth Srivastava |date=May 7, 2021 |title=Former UP cabinet minister Vinod Kumar Singh dies of Covid-19 complications |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/former-up-cabinet-minister-vinod-kumar-singh-dies-of-covid-19-complications-1799961-2021-05-07 |access-date=2022-03-03 |magazine=India Today |language=en}} He died on 7 May 2021 from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 59 years.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/former-up-cabinet-minister-vinod-kumar-singh-dies-of-covid-19-complications-1799961-2021-05-07|title=Former UP cabinet minister Vinod Kumar Singh dies of Covid-19 complications|author=Samarth Srivastava |date=May 7, 2021 |magazine=India Today}}{{Cite web|url=https://specialcoveragenews.in/uttar-pradesh/gonda/former-minister-vinod-kumar-singh-pandit-singh-dies-due-to-corona-1153731|title=यूपी: सपा नेता व पूर्व मंत्री विनोद कुमार सिंह 'पंडित सिंह' का निधन, कोरोना से थे संक्रमित|first=Arun|last=Mishra|date=May 7, 2021|language=hi|website=specialcoveragenews.in}}

A number of politicians including Hriday Narayan Dikshit- the then Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Akhilesh Yadav- national president of the Samajwadi Party have expressed grief at his demise.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-07 |title=सपा नेता और पूर्व मंत्री विनोद कुमार उर्फ पंडित सिंह का कोरोना से निधन, 20 दिन से चल रहा था इलाज |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-former-up-minister-vinod-kumar-alias-pandit-singh-died-of-corona-nodssp-3581009.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}