Sidharth Nath Singh
Minister of Khadi & Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, MSME
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded bySatish Mahana
Succeeded byRakesh Sachan
Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byJai Pratap Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byPooja Pal
ConstituencyAllahabad West
Personal details
Born (1963-10-01) 1 October 1963
Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseDr. Neeta Singh
RelationsLal Bahadur Shastri (Grandfather)
ChildrenTwo sons
Parent
  • B. N. Shrivastav (father)
Residence(s)C-301 Shyam Pushp Apartment Clive Road, Allahabad
Alma materB. A. (from St. Hindu College, Delhi)
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Sidharth Nath Singh (born 1 October 1963) is an Indian politician and the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He is one of the official spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a grandson of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri.[1] Suman Shastri (1936-2002), his mother, was the daughter of Lal Bahadur Shastri.[2] He is BJP state in-charge of Andhra Pradesh and co-in-charge of West Bengal. He is also serving as a Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary.[3][4][5][6][7]

Political career

S N Singh became Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Allahabad West constituency in 2017 by defeating two-time BSP MLA Pooja Pal by 45,000 votes.[8][9] He is currently (since 2017) a cabinet minister in the UP government, with the portfolio of Health.

References

  1. ↑ The Shastri saga ...
  2. ↑ "Shastri's daughter Suman dies". Archived from the original on 22 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "State Prabhari". Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Priyanka Gandhi likely to take on Lal Bahadur Shastri's grandson in UP". Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Trinamool Lawmakers Get Legal Notice over Alleged Defamatory Comments Against Lal Bahadur Shastri, His Grandson
  6. ↑ TMC MP says Lal Bahadur Shastri would not have married if he knew BJP's Siddharth Nath Singh would be his grandson
  7. ↑ TN heading for power crisis, says BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh
  8. ↑ My Neta
  9. ↑ Who will PM Modi and Amit Shah choose as CM?
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