Swatantra Dev Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He assumed office as Jal Shakti and Disaster Management Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh on March 25, 2022.
Wiki/Biography
Swatantra Dev Singh was born on Friday, February 13, 1964, in Ori village, Jamalpur block, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh (age 60 years; as of 2024). His zodiac sign is Aquarius. In 1985, he pursued his bachelor’s degree in biology from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. Swatantra first became interested in politics while in college. In 1985, he contested the elections for student union president of DVC College Ole Mirzapur but failed. In 1986, while he was still in college, he joined the RSS and served as the pracharak of the Sangh. In 1989, he started serving as Organization Minister in Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: gray
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Swatantra’s father’s name is Alar Singh and her mother’s name is Rama Devi.
Swatantra Dev Singh and his mother
He has an elder brother, Shripat Singh, who is a police officer.
wife and children
The names of his wife and children are unknown. He has two daughters and a son.
Swatantra Dev Singh and his family
religion
Swatantra follows Hinduism.
Swatantra Dev Singh performs Hindu rituals
caste
Swatantra belongs to the Kurmi caste.
Profession
In 1994, he became the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in Bundelkhand district. In 1996, he served as Secretary-General of the Beijing Sports Federation. In 1998, he again served as the state general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Yuva Morcha. In 2001, he was elected as the Uttar Pradesh Yuva Morcha president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2004, he was elected to the Bundelkhand Jhansi-Jalang-Lalitpur Legislative Council. He also served as the state secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party three times between 2004 and 2017. In 2010, he became the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2012, he was elected as the general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2013, he became the West Uttar Pradesh in-charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2014, he took charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election campaign in Uttar Pradesh. In 2014, he became the chief in-charge of Union Water Resources Development Minister Uma Bharti’s Ganga Yatra from Moradabad to Ballia. In 2017, he began serving as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Transport, Protocol and Electricity. In 2019, he became the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party. In March 2022, he was elected as the Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti and Disaster Management Minister. On July 30, 2022, he resigned as the president of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh’s resignation comes days after his deputy minister Dinesh Khatik tendered his resignation to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, citing his Dalit background. Therefore, he was treated unfairly by the officials of Jal Shakti Ministry. Karthik was reportedly unhappy with Singh and his team of officers heading the department.
Awards
- In 2018, he was awarded the Transport Minister of the Year Award by the SKOCH Group.
- In March 2022, he received a first prize for his water management initiatives under his leadership.
Swatantra Dev Singh wins first prize for water management initiatives under leadership
assets/property
movable property
- Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs. 6,17,359
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 6,12,125
real estate
- Agricultural Land: Rs. 30,00,000
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 30,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs. 50,00,000
Note: The movable and immovable property estimates given are based on 2019. Excludes assets owned by his wife and dependents (minors).
net worth
Swatantra’s net worth for FY19 is estimated at Rs. 13,284,601.
Facts/Trivia
- As a child, he was interested in sports and was captain of the school’s wrestling team.
- Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist with the Hindi daily Swatantra Bharat in 1986.
- In 2014, he held rallies for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and in West Uttar Pradesh during the 2017 assembly elections.
- In 2019, he organized a BJP rally in Madhya Pradesh during the Lok Sabha elections.
- Swatantra was named Congress Singh by his parents at birth, but due to his leaning towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, he changed his name to Swatantra Dev Singh. In an interview, one of his friends said of him:
I remember we were all sitting in the RSS office when we asked him why he was called Congress. He told us his father was an MP and was worried about the future of the party, so gave his son the name to ensure the party’s legacy lives on. But we collectively decided that his name should be changed and that’s how Swatantra came about. “
- He was not fond of the RSS’s ideology in college, but later, when he tried to understand the RSS better, he was impressed by the ideology and joined the RSS.
Early days of Swatantra Dev Singh’s political career
- In 2021, he spoke about the Samajwadi Party at a media conference and said that the party promoted family politics. He said in the statement,
The BJP stayed away from family-based politics and gave important posts to hard-working people in organizations and governments. Even an ordinary worker in our party can dream of sitting in the highest position. And in the Socialist Party, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Congress, ordinary workers are excluded from top positions because of their emphasis on family. “
- In April 2022, he launched a mega fuel saving campaign ‘Saksham-2022’ at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.
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