Rewati Raman Singh

Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh (born 5 October 1943) is an Indian politician from the Allahabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He played a major role in the establishment of the Samajwadi Party with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Beni Prasad Verma and Azam Khan.

He is the national secretary of Samajwadi Party. He has served Karachana, the Vidhan Sabha constituency of Allahabad more than 7 times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was also elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Allahabad twice after defeating the popular BJP politician, Murali Manohar Joshi in 2004 general elections. He has now been elected as an MP (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh. He was made irrigation minister and environment minister.

Early life

Rewati Raman Singh was born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family. He actively took part in the JP Movement against emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. He had also worked with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and many other leaders to clean the holy Ganges river. He had worked with many popular leaders like former prime minister V. P. Singh, Chandra Shekhar, and Raj Narain.

Positions held

• Member, Public Accounts Committee
• Leader of opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (from 6 December 1991 to 6 December 1992)
• Member of Parliament from Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency) two terms (2004 and 2009)
• Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2016 to 2022

References

1. Ujjwal Raman Singh
2. Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency
3. 2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
4. 2004 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
5. List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha
6. Kalyan Singh
7. Kunwar (title)
8. 2009 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
9. Karachhana Assembly constituency
10. Murli Manohar Joshi
11. Shyama Charan Gupta
12. Kunwar Singh (disambiguation)
13. Third Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry
14. First Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry
15. Raman (name)
16. 2022 Rajya Sabha elections
17. Cash-for-votes scandal
18. List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates for the 2024 Indian general election
19. 2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
20. List of leaders of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly