Narayan Singh Rana

Narayan Singh Rana is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rana was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from the Kumaon Division in Uttarakhand.[1][2][3] He is father and first coach of an Indian shooter Jaspal Rana. He was first sports minister of the Uttarakhand from 2000-02. He also served Indo-Tibetan Border Police in 1967 and served in Jammu and Kashmir during the 1971 war and was also selected in the Special Protection Group in 1985. He also trains young shooter at Jaspal Rana Shooting Academy.

In 2017, Rana will be contesting 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election from Dhanolti constituency after been sideline for 14 years but lost to an independent candidate Pritam Singh Panwar.

Personal life

He has two sons Subhash Rana and Jaspal Rana and a daughter Sushma Rana, who is also the daughter-in-law of Rajnath Singh, an eminent BJP leader. All of them are accomplished shooters.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Son Jaspal Rana to campaign for Congress as dad gets BJP ticket
  2. ↑ BJP’s announces 64 candidates in first list
  3. ↑ Denied tickets, BJP MLAs may contest as independents; Cong option open
  4. ↑ Here comes home minister's samdhi
  5. ↑ Dhanaulti MLA's supporters protest ticket to Rajnath's relative


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