Ganga Bhakt Singh

Ganga Bhakt Singh (1922–2010) was a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttar Pradesh, India, affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He served as a cabinet minister twice in the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1967 (PWD Minister under the Chief Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh ) and 1991 (Agriculture Minister under the Chief Minister Kalyan Singh) and as the Deputy-Chairman of the State Planning Commission between 1999 and 2002 under the Chief Minister Rajnath Singh. He was a member of the Sixth Lok Sabha from Shahabad Lok Sabha constituency as well as being a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for four terms. He contested MLA elections 8 times and MP election one time.

He was State President, Vice President and General Secretary of Jan Sangh in UP. Ex- Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee worked as General Secretary when Ganga Bhakt Singh was State President of Jan Sangh in UP. He also worked as President of UP Handloom Commission and Vice President of Janta Party UP during 1977.

His elder brother, Late Shri. Sharda Bhakt Singh was also a senior leader of the Bhartiya Janta Party and had served as the Revenue Minister (Cabinet Minister) of Uttar Pradesh and 4 times MLA .[1][2] He was Leader of Opposition in UP Vidhan Sabha in 1964 (1 Years 2 Months).

An active social and political worker, Singh was a bachelor and was associated with the organisational work of a number of societies in his constituency and worked for the uplift of rural people.

Singh died on 15 August 2010 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh at the age of 88.

References

  1. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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