Ganesh Singh

Ganesh Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 May 2004
Preceded byRamanand Singh
ConstituencySatna
Personal details
Born (1962-07-02) 2 July 1962 (age 62)
Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseMona Singh
ChildrenSankalp Singh , Vikalp Singh
Parent(s)Kamal Bhan Singh, Phoolmati Singh
Residence(s)Friends Colony, Near ITI, Ward No. 13 Birla Vikas, Satna, Madhya Pradesh
Alma materAwadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa
Websitewww.GaneshSingh.in
Source: [1]

Ganesh Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [gəɳeːʃ sɪŋgʱ]) is an Indian politician belonging to BJP and a member of parliament from Satna (Lok Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh. He is elected 5 times in a row from this constituency (14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha, 16th Lok Sabha, 17th Lok Sabha & 18th Lok Sabha).[1]

Early life and education

Ganesh Singh was born on 2 July 1962 in Gram Panchyat Khamahariya, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh State in a Kurmi family.[2] He is the second of seven children born to Kamal Bhan Singh and Phoolmati Singh.

He started is political career as a general secretary of law college then becoming president of law college, he came close to socialist leaders of janta party and started working with them. He was also heading socialist youth of Madhya Pradesh State in 1989, he contested Zilla panchayat member elections in 1994 and won by huge margin, again in 1999 he became member of Zilla panchayat of Satna this time he became chairman of Zilla panchayat Satna with minister of state in charge. He is known for development in Vindhya region, he worked hard for the development of gram panchayats and providing the basic facilities of health, sanitation, education, irrigation, infrastructure at panchayat level, functioning of panchayats, providing drinking water, developing dams and small ponds. After seeing all his work public wanted him see in bigger role therefore he contested Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and won with huge margin of 85,000 and after that never looked back.

He did his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1981, Master of Arts (MA) in 1984, L.L.B in 1986, All the degrees from Awadhesh Pratap University, Rewa district, [Madhya Pradesh State].

In 2024 Lok Sabha Election, Singh won with 4,59,728 votes. He defeated INC candidate Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha by 84949 votes.[3][4]

Positions held

1995-1999 Member, Zila Parishad, Satna
1999-2004 Member of Zila Panchayat, Satna
1999 - 2004 President of Zila Panchayat, Satna (Minister of State-in-Charge)
2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha Member, Standing Committee on Industry
5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development Member, Standing Committee on Industry
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd Term)
6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Energy
2011-2016 Secretary BJP Madhya Pradesh
3 May 2013 Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd Term)
14 Aug. 2014 (onwards) Member, Committee on Estimates
13 June 2014 (onwards) Member, Business Advisory Committee
1 Sep. 2014 (onwards) Member, Rules Committee

Member, Standing Committee on Railways

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping

Executive Member, Nursing Council of India

Secretary BJP Parliamentary Party

13 May 2015 - 20 July 2016 Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015
3 July 2015 - 30 April 2016 Member, Sub Committee-II, Committee on Estimates on the subject `Finances of Railways
26 Aug. 2015 - 30 April 2016 Member, Sub-Committee of the Committee on Estimates on the subject `Panchayati Raj`
19 July 2016 onward Chairperson, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes
20 July 2016 onwards Chairperson, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015
May, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th Term)
31 July 2019 Chairperson, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes
13 Sept 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development
09 Oct 2019 Member, Committee of Privileges
13 Sept 2021 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
13 Sept 2021 Member, Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
2024 Re-elected to 18th Lok Sabha (5th Term)

Awards

  • Honored with Bharat Gaurav Award 2021[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ganesh Singh| National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in.
  2. ^ Chaturvedi, Rakesh Mohan (24 April 2024). "Satna MP Ganesh Singh on a sticky wicket". Economic Times. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Satna Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.
  4. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency 9 - SATNA". ECI.
  5. ^ "Bharat Gaurav Award". www.bharatgauravaward.com.