Swati Singh

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Swati Singh
Minister of State (Ind. Charge) in Government of Uttar Pradesh [1]
In office
19 March 2017 – 12 March 2022
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
18 March 2017 – 12 March 2022
Preceded bySharda Pratap Shukla
Succeeded byRajeshwar Singh
ConstituencySarojini Nagar
President of BJP Mahila Morcha, Uttar Pradesh
In office
October 2016 – February 10, 2018
Preceded byDarshana Singh
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 46)
Bokaro, Jharkhand, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseDaya Shankar Singh (m:2001;-div:2023;)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow (LLM) [2]
ProfessionBusiness, politician

Swati Singh (born 1 August 1978) is an Indian politician and Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women welfare NRI, Flood Control, Agriculture export, Agriculture Marketing, Agriculture Foreign Trade and state minister in the Ministry of Women Welfare, Family Welfare, Maternity and Child Welfare in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Education

Political life

She came in an active field of politics after her husband Daya Shankar Singh got expelled from the post of vice-president of Bhartiya Janta Party for six years after a comment on BSP Chief Mayawati in a public meeting in September 2016. On 12 March 2017, the BJP revoked her husband's expulsion.[3]

In 2017, she got elected as Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow as a Bharatiya Janta Party candidate. She got 1,08,506 votes in this election.[4] She became Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Yogi Adityanath's cabinet.[1]

She was appointed to the ministries of NRI, Flood control, Agriculture Marketing and Export, Women Welfare, Maternal and Child welfare.[5]

She also served as president of Uttar Pradesh BJP Mahila Morcha, a women's wing of Bharatiya Janata Party from October 2016 to February 2018.[6][7]

In November 2019, she was riled up in case in which purported audio clip was released where she was heard allegedly threatening a police officer in Lucknow to drop an FIR against Ansal Builders. She goes on to ask the CO Binu Singh to sit with her to resolve the matter if she wanted to continue working in Lucknow.[8] She was denied ticket by the party in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

References

  1. ^ a b "दो नायब व 22 कैबिनेट मंत्रियों के साथ योगी ने ली यूपी के मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ". jagran.com.
  2. ^ a b c ADR,. "Swati Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SAROJINI NAGAR(LUCKNOW) – Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info.
  3. ^ "BJP revokes expulsion of newly-elected MLA Swati Singh's husband – Times of India". indiatimes.com.
  4. ^ "Latest news of Uttar Pradesh. Breaking news of Uttar Pradesh in Hindi at Dainik Bhaskar". www.bhaskar.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights", Hindustan Times, 22 March 2017
  6. ^ "स्वाति सिंह बनी भाजपा महिला मोर्चा की प्रदेश अध्यक्ष" (in Hindi). Patrika.
  7. ^ "मायावती पर निशाना साधने वाली स्वाति सिंह बनी भाजपा महिला मोर्चा की प्रदेश अध्यक्ष" (in Hindi). Amar Ujala.
  8. ^ "UP Minister Swati Singh Asks Cop to Drop FIR Against Builder, Hauled up by Yogi After Audio Clip Goes Viral". news18.