Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh

For the BJP MLA in 2017 from Manikpur in UP, see R. K. Singh Patel. For the BJP MP from Arrah, Bihar in 2019, see R. K. Singh.

Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
2024
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Serving with M. Ramachandran
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterSushilkumar Shinde
Succeeded byKiren Rijiju
Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas
In office
19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterJaipal Reddy
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
In office
19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterMurli Deora
Preceded byJitin Prasada
Succeeded byPanabaka Lakshmi
Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways
In office
28 May 2009 – 19 January 2011
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterKamal Nath
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byRajesh Pandey
ConstituencyKushi Nagar
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2009
Preceded byBaleshwar Yadav
Succeeded bySwami Prasad Maurya
ConstituencyPadrauna
Personal details
Born (1964-04-25) 25 April 1964 (age 60)
New Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(2022-present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(1990-2022)
SpouseSonia Singh
Children3
Residence(s)Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materThe Doon School

Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh or R. P. N. Singh (born 25 April 1964), is an Indian politician and former Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was the Member of Parliament for Kushinagar constituency in the fifteenth Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014. In the 2014 General Election, despite an increase in his own votes, he was defeated by Rajesh Pandey (BJP). He lost again in 2019. In September 2020, Singh was chosen for AICC in charge of Jharkhand[1] and Chhattisgarh.[2]

He resigned from Congress in January 2022 and joined the BJP, a month ahead of 2022 UP Elections,[3] thus becoming the fourth prominent Doon School alumnus to leave the Congress Party to join hands with the BJP, following Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada and Amarinder Singh.[4]

  1. ^ "RPN Singh retains JPCC in-charge post". The Pioneer. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ "PL Puniya, RPN Singh get charge of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Another Senior Congress Exit: RPN Singh Joins BJP Ahead of UP Election".
  4. ^ TNI Team (26 January 2022). "4th Big Exit In 4 Years: Once MoS in UPA, Rahul Aide & Cong's RPN Singh Joins BJP". The New Indian. Retrieved 1 February 2022.