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Bharatendra Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded bySanjay Singh Chauhan
Succeeded byMalook Nagar
ConstituencyBijnor
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2014
Preceded byShahnawaz Rana
Succeeded byRuchi Veera
ConstituencyBijnor
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byRaja Gazaffar
Succeeded byShahnawaz
ConstituencyBijnor
Personal details
Born
Kunwar Bharatendra Singh

(1964-01-14) 14 January 1964 (age 61)
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSaloni Randhawa (div)
Children3
ResidenceSahanpur
Alma materThe Doon School, St. Stephen's College, Delhi
As of 6 March, 2022
Source: [1]

Kunwar Bharatendra Singh is an Indian politician. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elected from Bijnor as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He was also a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency elected in 2014. Singh lost in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.[2][3]

Personal life

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Kunwar Bharatendra Singh was born on 14 January 1964 to Devendra Singh and Anjali D. Singh in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand). He was educated at Doon School, Dehradun and received his B.A. (Hons.) in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Singh was married to Saloni Randhawa, with whom he has a two daughters and a son. He is an agriculturalist by profession.[4]

Political career

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Singh was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms- from 2002 to 2007 and 2012 to 2014.[4] He was the Minister of State, Irrigation, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh from 2002 to 2003 and from 2012 to 2014, he acted as the whip for B.J.P in the state assembly.[4]

In May 2014, he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha representing Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency seat for BJP.[5][6] He lost in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.[2]

He has been in news and controversies as an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots.[7] He was also issued notice by the Allahabad High Court on an election petition filed by one Rajendra Kumar.[8]

On 3 October 2015, Singh and residents of Vidurkuti village raided an illegal sand mining site along the Ganga river, forcing the miners to flee.[9] In March 2019, an effigy of Kunwar Bharatendra was burnt in Mawana Khurd and people held black flags and protested while alleging no visit from the MP in the region and no development of the area in the past five years.[10]

References

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  1. ^ PTI (22 March 2014). "BJP changes its candidate for Bijnor Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu.
  2. ^ a b Sanjay Pandey (8 September 2014). "'Love jihad' becomes BJP poll plank in Uttar Pradesh". Sanjay Pandey, Saharanpur. Saharanpur. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Royals' challenge crosses hurdle in Uttar Pradesh". The Times of India. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Member Detail - Singh, Kunwar Bharatendra". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  5. ^ "BJP denies tickets to 6 sitting MPS in UP". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ "BJP denies tickets to six MPs in Uttar Pradesh". The New Indian Express. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ^ C.K. CHANDRAMOHAN (10 April 2014). "Peaceful polling in western Uttar Pradesh". The Hindu. LUCKNOW. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ^ "High Court issues notice to BJP MP on poll plea". The Times of India. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Villagers, MP raid illegal sand mining site - Times of India". The Times of India.
  10. ^ "भाजपा सांसद कुंवर भारतेंद्र का पुतला फूंका, दिखाए काले झंडे".


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