Dinesh Pratap Singh
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Biography
Dinesh Pratap Singh (born 3 October 1967) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He was elected as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council two times between 2010-2019 and contested for the 16th Lok Sabha Elections against congress chief Sonia Gandhi from Raebareli (Lok Sabha constituency) and received maximum votes as compared to any other BJP candidate in the history. He is also a key political leader behind victory of BJP in Jila Panchayat Results in Raebareli (Lok Sabha Constituency).
Aside from various development initiatives, he supported Ram Mandir, Ayodhya with a donation amount of 1.21 cr.
He recently had an argument with Priyanka Gandhi on a flight from Delhi to Lucknow where the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in charge of Uttar Pradesh said "you will not be able to take our seat so soon".
Political career
# | From | To | Position | Comments |
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01 | 2010 | 2015 | Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
02 | 2016 | 2022 | Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
03 | 2022 | - | Minister of State (Independent Charge) Horticulture Agriculture Marketing Agriculture Foreign Trade and Agriculture Export Department, Uttar Pradesh | |
04 | 2022 | - | Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council |