Brijendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)

Brijendra Singh ( politician, born 13 May 1972)

Brijendra Singh ( politician, born 13 May 1972)

Indian politician

Brijendra Singh (born 13 May 1972) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Hisar parliamentary constituency.

Quick Facts Member of the Indian Parliament for Hisar, Preceded by ...

As a Member of Parliament, he is a Member of the Public Accounts Committee (India), Standing Committee on Defence (India), Joint Committee on the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Committee on Petitions.[1][2][3]

He is a former bureaucrat who took voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service after serving in Haryana for 21 years.[4][5] He held All India Rank 9 in the Civil Services Examination in the batch of 1998. He has resigned from the primary membership of BJP citing "compelling political reasons" on 10th March 2024 just a few months before 2024 Lok Sabha election and joined congress party.[6]

Education

Singh completed his BA (Honours) History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1992. He went on to pursue MA in Modern History from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He also holds an MSc in Public Policy and Management from King's College London.[7]

Family background

Singh's native village is DUMARKHAN KALAN near Uchana in Jind district, Haryana. He is from the Jat community. He is the son of former Union Steel Minister Birender Singh.[8] Singh's mother Premlata Singh was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Haryana representing Uchana Kalan constituency, which was previously held by his father.

References

  1. [1]
    "Members : Lok Sabha".
  2. [2]
    "Public Accounts".
  3. [3]
    "Committee : Loksabha".
  4. [4]
    Steel Minister Birendra Singh resigns
  5. [5]
    Birender Singh offers to resign from Cabinet, Rajya Sabha
  6. [6]
    The Times of India (10 March 2024). "Haryana BJP MP Brijendra Singh resigns from party, joins Congress". Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  7. [7]
    "Brijendra Singh | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Hisar Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Hissar): Brijendra Singh of BJP Wins", News18, 23 May 2019


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