Sanjay Singh (activist)

Sanjay Singh
MP of Rajya Sabha for National Capital Territory of Delhi
Assumed office
28 January 2018
Preceded by Karan Singh
Personal details
Born (1972-03-22) 22 March 1972
Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Aam Aadmi Party
Occupation Politician

Sanjay Singh[1] is a politician, national spokesperson and current Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from the Aam Aadmi Party. Singh has been a senior leader of the party since its inception in November 2012, and is a member of the party's foremost decision-making body, the Political Affairs Committee (PAC). He joined hands with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his apolitical campaigns from the Right To Information campaign in 2006 to the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement led by social activist Anna Hazare. He is mentor for many leaders like Himmat Singh Shergill and others.He was elected to the Rajya Sabha on 8 January 2018 from the state of Delhi.[2]

Early life and career

Sanjay Singh was born in Sultanpur District, Uttar Pradesh in a Rajput family. Born to parents who were teachers, Singh has a diploma in Mining Engineering from Orissa School of Mining Engineering in Keonjhar. After his studies, Singh was not keen on a working a regular ‘9 to 5’ job. Inspired by the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi, Chandrashekhar Azad, and Ram Manohar Lohia, he formed the Azad Samaj Seva Samiti in Sultanpur in 1994. He started working for and among the poor — organizing blood donation camps, health camps and campaigning for people’s rights. The other organisation he worked with was the ‘Azad Sewa Samiti’, which later became a part of the National Hawkers’ Association.[3]

Prior to joining politics, Shri Sanjay Singh led and associated with many social movements and causes for people’s welfare. He has been a fellow companion of renowned socialist leader Shri Raghu Thakur of Democratic Socialist Party, and participated in various welfare and socialist conferences and movements along with him. Singh was involved in a 16-year struggle for the rights of the street vendors in Uttar Pradesh and proffered his services for disaster relief operations in Gujarat, Uttarakhand, J&K, Tamil Nadu and Nepal. He later carried on the legacy of Anna Hazare’s 2011 Anti-Corruption movement countrywide.

He was involved in a movement to clean the Gomti River by Shramdan (labour gift) and participated in a protest against corruption within the Clean Gomati River project by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.[4]

Political career

Singh was among those who were involved in the Aam Aadmi Party since its inception in 2012.[5] Singh was in charge of the Punjab state unit of the party as it contested the Punjab Assembly election in February 2017. The party performed below expectations, but became the first party in Punjab to have the Leader of Opposition in its debut electoral contest. He was also spearheading the AAP's civic polls campaign in Uttar Pradesh later that year. In 2018, he took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ {{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx
  2. ↑ "AAP names candidates for Rajya Sabha: Sanjay Singh, ND Gupta and Sushil Gupta to represent party in Upper House - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Meet Sankat Mochan Sanjay Singh, Who Will Lead AAP in Rajya Sabha". News18. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Clean water, cleaner Gomti". TheSundayIndian.
  5. ↑ http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/kejriwal-launches-aam-aadmi-party-vows-to-remove-bribery_787232.html
  6. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/aap-makes-an-entry-into-rajya-sabha-with-three-mps/articleshow/62416813.cms


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