Raninder Singh

Raninder Singh
Personal details
Born (1967-08-02) 2 August 1967
Patiala, Punjab, India
Political party Indian National Congress (INC)
Spouse(s) Rishma Kaur
Children 1 son and 2 daughters
Residence Patiala
As of 1 June, 2009

Raninder Singh (born 2 August 1967) an Indian politician from Punjab, India, and son of the current Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh.[1]

Early life and education

He belongs to royal house of Patiala belonging to the Phulkian dynasty, and son of Amarinder Singh and Preneet Kaur. He has a sister Jai Inder Kaur.

He attended Yadavindra Public School, Patiala and subsequently studied at The Doon School, Dehradun. Thereafter he spent one year at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and graduated in business management from Buckingham University, UK in 1990.[2]

Career

He started his political career in late 1990s, by assisting during the election campaigns of his father and mother Preneet Kaur, an Indian National Congress MP from the Patiala Lok Sabha constituency, three times, 1999, 2004 and 2009.[3]

Subsequently joined the Youth Congress division of party himself. In 2005, he was appointed General Secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee(PCC) in 2005 and made in-charge of the Bathinda district. In the coming years, he worked in the region, and as a result he was credited for Congress winning the maximum seats in the Malwa region, in the State Assembly elections in India, 2007, while the party faced a rout in Majha and Doaba regions of Punjab.[2][4]

He unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections against Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the wife of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in 2009 general elections, from Bathinda, in a high-profile run up to the elections.[4][5]

He lost 2012 Punjab Assembly elections in 2012 from Samana constituency.[6]

President of National Rifle Association of India

He was appointed as the President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) in December 2009. He won from his nearest rival Shyam Singh Yadav by a landslide majority. He has been an accomplished international level trap shooter himself.[7][8]

Personal life

He married Rishma Kaur in 1995, and the couple have one son (b. 2003), and two daughters (b. 1996 and 1999).[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Is 'Yuvraj' Raninder heading Kaka Ji Sukhbir's way?". The Times of India. 16 September 2002.
  2. 1 2 "Raninder Singh- Bathinda Parliamentary Constituency (the son of Capt. Amarinder Singh )".
  3. ↑ "Patiala contestants `satisfied' with campaign". Indian Express. 7 September 1999.
  4. 1 2 "It's Badals vs. Patiala royals in Punjab". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 6 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ruling Singhs vs ousted Singhs in Punjab". CNN-IBN. 7 May 2009.
  6. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/punjab-assembly-elections-2012-winners-losers/1/176711.html
  7. ↑ "Raninder Singh appointed NRAI president". The Times Of India. 29 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "NRAI clarifies on Olympic selection". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Berger Paint’s royal connection, 12 Sept 2013.
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