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| name = Awadhesh Singh |
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| office = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] |
| office = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] |
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| constituency = [[Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] |
| constituency = [[Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] |
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| predecessor = [[Nityanand Rai]] |
| predecessor = [[Nityanand Rai]] |
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] |
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|01|23|df=yes}}<ref>https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |
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'''Awadhesh Singh''' is an Indian politician from Bihar and a 3 term Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]. Singh won the [[Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] on the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ticket in the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awadhesh Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- HAJIPUR(VAISHALI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |
'''Awadhesh Singh''' also known as '''Awadhesh Singh Patel'''<ref name=ie/> is an Indian politician from Bihar and a 3 term Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]. Singh won the [[Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] on the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ticket in the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awadhesh Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- HAJIPUR(VAISHALI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1332|access-date=2021-04-18|website=myneta.info|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201656/https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1332|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Awadhesh Singh Election Results 2020: News, Votes, Results of Bihar Assembly|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-candidates-list-2020/awadhesh-singh-04123-1|access-date=2021-04-18|website=NDTV.com|language=en|archive-date=31 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531170917/https://www.ndtv.com/elections|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com News|date=2020-11-10|title=Hajipur Constituency Election Result: BJP's Awdhesh Singh Defeats RJD's Dev Kumar Chaurasiya|url=https://www.india.com/bihar/hajipur-constituency-election-result-live-bjps-awdhesh-singh-leading-counting-of-votes-underway-4204170/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=India News, Breaking News {{!}} India.com|language=en|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624222330/https://www.india.com/bihar/hajipur-constituency-election-result-live-bjps-awdhesh-singh-leading-counting-of-votes-underway-4204170/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Political career== |
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Awadhesh Singh is also known as Awadhesh Singh Patel and he has represented Hajipur Assembly constituency in Bihar Legislative Assembly multiple times. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He won for the first time from this constituency in 2014, when the bypolls were conducted in Hajipur. He contested against [[Rajendra Rai]] of [[Janata Dal (United)]] and defeated him, despite later being backed by alliance of Janata Dal (United) and [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].<ref name=ie>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/lalu-nitish-to-share-dais-today-after-20-years/|title=Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar to share dais today after 20 years|website=Indian express|date=11 August 2014 |accessdate=31 May 2024|archive-date=31 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531170916/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/lalu-nitish-to-share-dais-today-after-20-years/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Singh was born in [[Vaishali district]] in 1970 in a [[Kurmi]] family and he entered into politics at a young age of twenty years by joining youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as a member of State level organisation of BJP youth wing and got the opportunity to contest the legislative assembly election after the elevation of [[Nityanand Rai]] as Member of Parliament in 2014 elections to [[Lok Sabha]]. After winning in the 2014 by polls, he was again made the candidate for statewide assembly elections due in 2015. In this election, he defeated Jaganath Prasad Rai of [[Indian National Congress]]. In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, he was elected as MLA once again. He defeated Dev Kumar Chaurasiya of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]], the runner-up candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/hajipur-assembly-seat-election-2020-bihar-assembly-election-2020-bjp-mla-awadhesh-singh-nitish-kumar-lalu-yadav-lbs-1137853-2020-09-30|title= हाजीपुर विधानसभा सीटः लगातार 7 बार से जीत रही BJP, क्या खत्म होगा RJD की जीत का सूखा?|website=Aajtak|date= 30 September 2020|accessdate=1 June 2024}}</ref> |
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Singh has talked about his close relationship with [[Nityanand Rai]] multiple times on public platform. He once stated while addressing a conference that in 1998-99, when [[Mamta Banerjee]] was the railway minister in [[Government of India]], she decided to shift the Zonal Headquarters of East Central Railway from Hajipur to Kolkata and he was one of the agitators who protested against this decision. He also claimed that on the direction of Nityanand Rai he destroyed a 3 km long railway track in protest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/hajipur/controversial-statement-of-bjp-mla-awadhesh-singh-three-km-railway-track-was-uprooted-at-the-behest-of-nityanand-rai/videoshow/92475932.cms|title=नित्यानंद राय के कहने पर उखाड़ दी थी 3 KM रेल पटरी' BJP विधायक अवधेश सिंह का विवादित बयान|website=NBT|accessdate=1 June 2024|archive-date=28 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528043649/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/hajipur/controversial-statement-of-bjp-mla-awadhesh-singh-three-km-railway-track-was-uprooted-at-the-behest-of-nityanand-rai/videoshow/92475932.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Singh also participates in annual [[Mahashivratri]] road show along with Nityanand Rai, in which Rai acts as the charioteer of Lord Shiva and Singh acts as his assistant. The road show starts each year from Pataleshwar Nath temple and ends at Akshaywat Rai stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/mp-lead-the-procession-of-mahashivratri-at-hajipur-870773.html|title=सांसद की अगुआई में निकाली गई महाशिवरात्रि पर शोभा यात्रा|website=News18|date=7 March 2016 |accessdate=1 June 2024|archive-date=1 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601011243/https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/mp-lead-the-procession-of-mahashivratri-at-hajipur-870773.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-union-minister-nityanand-rai-drove-bullock-cart-in-hajipur-1812141|title=केंद्रीय मंत्री नित्यानंद राय ने चलाई बैलगाड़ी, शिव बारात में हुए शामिल|website=ABP news|date=11 March 2021 |accessdate=1 June 2024|archive-date=11 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311133642/https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-union-minister-nityanand-rai-drove-bullock-cart-in-hajipur-1812141|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Shyam Bahadur Singh]] |
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*[[Sadanand Singh]] |
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar]] |
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[[Category:1970 births]] |
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[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2015–2020]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:58, 27 November 2024
Awadhesh Singh | |
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| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nityanand Rai |
| Constituency | Hajipur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1970[1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Awadhesh Singh also known as Awadhesh Singh Patel[2] is an Indian politician from Bihar and a 3 term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Singh won the Hajipur on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[3][4][5]
Political career
[edit]Awadhesh Singh is also known as Awadhesh Singh Patel and he has represented Hajipur Assembly constituency in Bihar Legislative Assembly multiple times. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He won for the first time from this constituency in 2014, when the bypolls were conducted in Hajipur. He contested against Rajendra Rai of Janata Dal (United) and defeated him, despite later being backed by alliance of Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal.[2]
Singh was born in Vaishali district in 1970 in a Kurmi family and he entered into politics at a young age of twenty years by joining youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as a member of State level organisation of BJP youth wing and got the opportunity to contest the legislative assembly election after the elevation of Nityanand Rai as Member of Parliament in 2014 elections to Lok Sabha. After winning in the 2014 by polls, he was again made the candidate for statewide assembly elections due in 2015. In this election, he defeated Jaganath Prasad Rai of Indian National Congress. In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, he was elected as MLA once again. He defeated Dev Kumar Chaurasiya of Rashtriya Janata Dal, the runner-up candidate.[6]
Singh has talked about his close relationship with Nityanand Rai multiple times on public platform. He once stated while addressing a conference that in 1998-99, when Mamta Banerjee was the railway minister in Government of India, she decided to shift the Zonal Headquarters of East Central Railway from Hajipur to Kolkata and he was one of the agitators who protested against this decision. He also claimed that on the direction of Nityanand Rai he destroyed a 3 km long railway track in protest.[7]
Singh also participates in annual Mahashivratri road show along with Nityanand Rai, in which Rai acts as the charioteer of Lord Shiva and Singh acts as his assistant. The road show starts each year from Pataleshwar Nath temple and ends at Akshaywat Rai stadium.[8][9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar to share dais today after 20 years". Indian express. 11 August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Awadhesh Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- HAJIPUR(VAISHALI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Awadhesh Singh Election Results 2020: News, Votes, Results of Bihar Assembly". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Desk, India com News (10 November 2020). "Hajipur Constituency Election Result: BJP's Awdhesh Singh Defeats RJD's Dev Kumar Chaurasiya". India News, Breaking News | India.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "हाजीपुर विधानसभा सीटः लगातार 7 बार से जीत रही BJP, क्या खत्म होगा RJD की जीत का सूखा?". Aajtak. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "नित्यानंद राय के कहने पर उखाड़ दी थी 3 KM रेल पटरी' BJP विधायक अवधेश सिंह का विवादित बयान". NBT. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "सांसद की अगुआई में निकाली गई महाशिवरात्रि पर शोभा यात्रा". News18. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "केंद्रीय मंत्री नित्यानंद राय ने चलाई बैलगाड़ी, शिव बारात में हुए शामिल". ABP news. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.