Dhirendra Singh

Dhirendra Singh was born in Rabupura town of Gautam Budh Nagar district to Thakur Heeri Singh and Shanti Devi, with the family having a foothold in politics and agriculture. He is a Rajput by caste and also a notable leader of Rajput community. He attended the Chaudhary Charan Singh University and attained a Master of Arts degree in History. He is an Alumnus of St. John's College, Agra.[3]

Dhirendra Singh started his political life as a student leader in St. John's College, Agra. After having got a membership in the Indian National Congress (INC), he served on many posts. He took active role during the farmers movement of Bhatta Parsaul and came to limelight during the land acquisition movement of Bhatta Parsaul when he took the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to the village on his bike, and led a massive protest.[8] Dhirendra Singh raised a big movement to change the land acquisition law in India. He was the INC's candidate in assembly election 2012 but lost the seat by a low margin of votes.[9][10] He quit the INC and joined BJP before the assembly polls of 2017 and was elected member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time.[11][2][12][7][13][14][15]

The Uttar Pradesh government is constructing International Airport in Jawar. For which land acquisition is proposed in the villages of Jewar area, but the local farmers did not want to give their land to the district administration of Gautam Buddh Nagar.[16] Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) told the UP Govt, percentage of families that have consented to the land acquisition process is less than number mandated by the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013.[17] Seeing the situation deteriorating, Thakur Dhirendra Singh took this matter in his own hands.[18] The MLA visited the villages. Explain the advantages of the airport to the farmers. After this twenty six farmers from Rohi, Banwari Bas, Dayanatpur, Kishorepur villages and other hamlets in Jewar along with Dhirendra Singh met the CM Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow and handed over consent letters for the land acquisition process.[19][20] Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials of the Noida International Airport Limited and the Gautam Budh Nagar administration to expedite work on greenfield Noida International Airport.[21][22][23]