Ujjwal Raman Singh

Indian politician

Ujjwal Raman Singh

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Constituency	Allahabad
Cabinet Minister: Environment Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 2004–2007
Ministry	Third Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry
MLA, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2017–2022
Preceded by	Deepak Patel
Succeeded by	Piyush Ranjan Nishad
Constituency	Karachana
In office 2004–2007
Preceded by	Rewati Raman Singh
Succeeded by	Anand Kumar
Constituency	Karachana

Personal details
Born	(1973-02-16) 16 February 1973 (age 51) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Nitu Singh
Children	Devishi Singh, Anant Singh
Parent	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh^[1]
Residence(s)	19-A, Ashok Nagar, Nyaya marg, Allahabad
Alma mater	Faculty of Law (Campus Law Centre), St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University
Profession	Politician^[1]

Ujjwal Raman Singh is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress. He is currently serving Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Allahabad. He was former Cabinet Minister Environment Department in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2004 to 2007 and 2013 to 2017 from Karachana.

He represented the Karachana constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Samajwadi Party.^[2] Ujjwal Raman Singh is the son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Rewati Raman Singh. On 2 April 2024 he joined Indian National Congress. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Allahabad.

Political career

Ujjwal Raman Singh belongs to the Bhumihar Brahmin community. He was elected as an MLA from Karachana in 2004 on Samajwadi Party's ticket as his father left the seat after becoming an MP.^[1]

Singh had also served the state as the environment minister in Mulayam Singh Yadav's government and launched Compressed natural gas in Agra, Lucknow and Kanpur. He also served as Chairman of 'Beej Vikas Nigam'. He was re-elected in 2017 assembly election as an MLA again from Karachana. His victory was important for his party because he was the only candidate who won from Samajwadi Party in Allahabad and nearby constituencies. On 2 April 2024 he joined Indian National Congress in Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee Office. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Allahabad with a margin of 58,795 votes.^[3]

Posts held


#	From	To	Position
01	2024		Member, 18th Lok Sabha
02	2017	2022	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
02	2012	2017	Chairman at Beej Vikas Nigam Uttar pradesh Cabinet minister
03	2005	2007	Environment minister
04	2004	2007	Member, 14th Legislative Assembly

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info.
^ "Karachhana (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017".
^ "Congress bags Allahabad seat 40 years after Amitabh Bachchan's feat". India Today. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.