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Arjun Singh | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dinesh Trivedi |
| Succeeded by | Partha Bhowmick |
| Constituency | Barrackpore |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2001–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bidyut Ganguly |
| Succeeded by | Pawan Kumar Singh |
| Constituency | Bhatpara |
| Chairman of Bhatpara Municipality | |
| In office 2010–2019 | |
| Councillor of Bhatpara Municipality | |
| In office 1995–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 April 1962 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2019–2022, 2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Trinamool Congress (1998–2019, 2022–2024) Indian National Congress (until 1997) |
| Children | Pawan Singh |
| Residence(s) | Jagatdal, Kolkata |
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Arjun Singh (born 2 April 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal.[1][2][3] He contested the 2019 Indian general election as a BJP candidate and won against TMC candidate Dinesh Trivedi.[4]
Previously, Singh had also won Bhatpara assembly seat consecutive four times since 2001 as a Trinamool Congress candidate. He has also been appointed one of the twelve vice-presidents of the West Bengal Unit of BJP on 1 June 2020.[5][6]
On 22 May 2022, he rejoined Trinamool Congress.[7] Singh again joined BJP, quitting TMC on 15 March 2024 before Lok Sabha election.[8]
- ^ "General Election 2019 – Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "TMC's Dinesh Trivedi loses to Arjun Singh of BJP in Bengal's". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via Business Standard.
- ^ "In Major Setback to Mamata, BJP's Arjun Singh Wrests Barrackpore Lok Sabha From Dinesh Trivedi". News18. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Barrackpur Lok Sabha election results 2019 West Bengal: BJP's Arjun Singh wins against 'mentor' TMC's Dinesh Trivedi". DNA India. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Major Reshuffle in Bengal BJP Unit, Arjun Singh Made Party VP, Chandra Bose Sidelined". News18. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Arjun Singh becomes vice-president in Bengal BJP Chandra Bose grandson of Netaji has no post". Jagran.com (in Hindi). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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