Kirti Vardhan Singh

Kunwar Kirti Vardhan Singh (born 1 March 1966) is an Indian politician for the Gonda (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh. He is sometimes known by the alias Raja Bhaiya, being connected with erstwhile Taluqdari of Mankapur.[1]

Kunwar Kirti Vardhan Singh
Member, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byBeni Prasad Verma
ConstituencyGonda
Personal details
Born (1966-03-01) 1 March 1966
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBJP
SpouseMadhushree Singh
Children1
ResidenceGonda
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow
As of 17 September, 2006
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He was member of 12th and 14th Lok Sabha from Gonda, Uttar Pradesh as Samajwadi Party candidate. In March 2014 he resigned and joined BJP and contested the 2014 Lok Sabh seat from Gonda.[2] Kirti Vardhan Singh is known to be an environmental activist, in July 2018, he has won a case against State government of Uttar Pradesh in Green Tribunal, a case pertaining to illegal sand mining by mafias in his constituency.[3][4]

Early life and education

Kunwar Kirti Vardhan Singh was born in Lucknow on 1 March 1966 to Raja Anand Singh and Rani Veena Singh of Mankapur. His educational qualifications include M.Sc. (Geology) and he received his education from Lucknow University. He is married to Kunwarani Madhushree Singh on 16 November 2002. He has 1 son born in November 2006 currently 15 years old.( Bhanwar Jai Vardhan Singh)

References

  1. Mankapur - History and Genealogy Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Queensland University
  2. Khan, Atiq (March 2014). "Resentment in SP over ticket distribution". The Hindu.
  3. He has also represented India in 39th ASEAN inter parliamentary assembly.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.aipasecretariat.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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